.deb .tar.gz .rpm

[b4ckup]

hello,

i'm looking for some technical information about these file compressions, how they are compressed and how i have to decompress them... the commands on the command line...

i hope that someone can help me

friendly greetings
Thomas a.k.a. b4ckup

[JimH]

For how to use rpm:

http://www.getlinuxonline.com/omp/distro/RedHat/rpm.htm

For a look at the inner working of rpm:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/

For .debs try these:

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-903720.html
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/

For tar.gz look:

man tar
man gzip
man bzip2

and look at the "Installing software" thread on the board it has a link to a tutorial on installing software from sources.

Jim H