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

Or just use the attached script
(it is also based on rpm2cpio)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hatle [mailto:fray@mvista.com]
Sent: Dienstag, 14. Januar 2003 02:19
To: James Don
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...



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