Deb (file format)

Debian package
The GNOME icon for deb files
(showing the Debian logo on a package)
Filename extension
.deb, .udeb
Internet media type
application/vnd.debian.binary-package[1]
Developed byDebian
Type of formatPackage management system
Container forSoftware package
Extended fromar archive, tarball
Websitedeb format specification

deb is the format, as well as filename extension of the software package format for the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives.

  1. ^ "Media Type Registration for vnd.debian.binary-package". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 21 May 2014.