What is the difference between .deb and .tar.bz2?
- Extension
- .deb
- .tar.bz2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Debian Project
- The GNU Project
- 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.
- It is a TAR archive file compressed using BZ2 compression codec and is popularly used to distribute Linux application packages.
- MIME Type
- application/x-debian-package
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.bz2
- Wikipedia
- .deb on Wikipedia
- .tar.bz2 on Wikipedia