What is the difference between .deb and .tgz?
- Extension
- .deb
- .tgz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Debian Project
- GNU
- 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.
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- MIME Type
- application/x-debian-package
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- Wikipedia
- .deb on Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia