What is the difference between .deb and .zip?
- Extension
- .deb
- .zip
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Debian Project
- Phil Katz
- 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.
- A ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
- MIME Type
- application/x-debian-package
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.zip
- Wikipedia
- .deb on Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia