Subject: Re: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...

From: Mark Hatle <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:18:53 -0600

James Don wrote:
> Sorry,
> Not really a topic for this group but ...
>
> how do i un-pack an rpm without installing it?

Use "rpm2cpio" to produce a cpio archive, and then use cpio to extract it.

"rpm2cpio <rpm> | cpio -id" works for me.

--Mark

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