What is the difference between deb file and ddeb file in linux?
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There is an automatic process to create the debugging packages that you are after with 2 aims:
Spare developers the need to produce a separate package
Save space for mirrored repositories
This process creates the .ddeb
files that you are looking at. To confuse the issue older debug packages will still be available for the foreseeable future with the .deb
suffix...
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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storm over 1 year
I need to install
SystemTap
on Ubuntu 14 and I would need to install debug symbols for kernel . I need brief explanation about ddeb file , why it should have different extension ?