What is the difference between .deb and .tar?
- Extension
- .deb
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Other
- Developer
- Debian Project
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- A DEB file is a standard Unix archive that contains two bzipped or gzipped archives, one for the installer control information and another for the actual installable data. DEB files are often used for software installation packages.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/x-debian-package
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .deb on Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia