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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# some example for apt_inst
+
+import os.path
+import sys
+
+import apt_inst
+import apt_pkg
+
+
+def Callback(member, data):
+    """callback for debExtract"""
+    print(
+        "'%s','%s',%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u"
+        % (
+            member.name,
+            member.linkname,
+            member.mode,
+            member.uid,
+            member.gid,
+            member.size,
+            member.mtime,
+            member.major,
+            member.minor,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("need filename argumnet")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    file = sys.argv[1]
+
+    print("Working on: %s" % file)
+    print("Displaying data.tar.gz:")
+    apt_inst.DebFile(open(file)).data.go(Callback)
+
+    print("Now extracting the control file:")
+    control = apt_inst.DebFile(open(file)).control.extractdata("control")
+    sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)
+
+    print("Maintainer is: ")
+    print(sections["Maintainer"])
+
+    print()
+    print("DependsOn: ")
+    depends = sections["Depends"]
+    print(apt_pkg.parse_depends(depends))
+
+    print("extracting archive")
+    dir = "/tmp/deb"
+    os.mkdir(dir)
+    apt_inst.DebFile(open(file)).data.extractall(dir)
+
+    def visit(arg, dirname, names):
+        print("%s/" % dirname)
+        for file in names:
+            print("\t%s" % file)
+
+    os.path.walk(dir, visit, None)