LanguageDEB
Debian Linux package
File type: Program executable file, Archive and compressed file
Files with deb extension can be mainly found as Debian distribution packages - compressed archives for Debian Linux operating system. Some archiving utilities, such as 7-zip, are also able to extract the content of DEB packages.
Found 3 different file type records with the same deb filename suffix.
What is deb file?
File type category:
Program executable file
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
File extension deb is commonly used for Debian packages. Debian packages are binary files that contain executables, configuration files, man/info pages, copyright information, and other documentation needed to install a program from the package.
These files are used in the Debian Linux operating system and its derivates (Ubuntu) as the primary source of installation packages. It represents a Debian package file containing all the files necessary to install a piece of software. The .deb files can be installed using tools like dpkg and apt.
How to open deb file?
Use the terminal or program management tool in Linux to open and install programs out of a DEB package.
To install a *.deb file, use the Linux terminal and write the following command:
sudo dpkg -i yourpackage.deb
How to convert deb file?
These packages can be extracted with some archiving utilities like 7-zip or converted to another installation package via specialized Linux programs like alien.
Suggested software to open deb file:
Associated software actions with the deb file
Software applications that can open deb files:
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
iPack (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Debian (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that create deb files:
Debian (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that convert deb files:
alien (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that extract deb files:
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
iPack (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Debian (Linux/Unix)
Apple iPhone Cydia application installation package
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: April 3, 2019
The deb file extension is associated with the Cydia. Cydia is an alternative to official App Store in iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Cydia works only on iOS devices that have the Jailbreak.
iPhone Jailbreak (iOS Jailbreak) is process that removes official limitations on iOS devices. One of these limitations is installation of new applications only via Apple App Store.
Cydia uses own application repositories, which contain both types of applications free and pay. Applications in Cydia repositories are not stored as an ipa application file that uses App Store, but in DEB packages. DEB application package uses similar file format as deb Debian package. DEB application package can be extracted in compression utility that supports DEB compression file format.
DEB application files can be also installed to the Jailbreak iPhone (or other JB iOs device) with Cydia via SSH Tunnel.
If you want to install DEB installation package SSH your iPhone. Go to /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall . Copy the .deb file there and that just reboot iOS device.
How to open deb file?
Use Cydia to open *.deb application installation package files.
How to convert deb file?
This file type is not meant to be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open deb file:
Associated software actions with the deb file
Software applications that can open deb files:
Cydia (Apple iOS)
Software apps that extract deb files:
Cydia (Apple iOS)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving deb files:
Cydia (Apple iOS)
MS-DOS debug script
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: September 1, 2017
The deb file extension is associated with the MS Debug (debug.exe or DEBUG.COM), an assembler, disassembler, or hex dump program allowing users to interactively examine memory contents, available in MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 systems.
The deb file stores debug script for MS Debug.
Suggested software to open deb file:
Associated software actions with the deb file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving deb files:
MS-DOS (Microsoft MS-DOS)