"ar" command not found in Debian

Question

root@joker:/usr/libaio# ar -x libaio1*.deb

bash: ar: command not found

I was trying to extract a .deb package by using 'ar' command in my newly installed Debian. I tried to find how I can install this utility. But not able to find it.

Can anyone help me with this.

Solution 1

ar is provided by binutils

make sure you have it installed

Solution 2

Can you try with dpkg

dpkg -x libaio1*.deb /tmp/out

Comments

[user3287367]

I have tried dpkg and it works .But now i am interested about 'ar'. So i am here.