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From: Mark Hatle <fray@mvista.com>
To: James Don <JDon@spacebridge.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:18:53 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E23657D.7090302@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DB0585C9F6F9D411BE8F00D0B7896A4CC0605A@SNCMAIL


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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  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-14  1:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-14  0:22 RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing James Don
2003-01-14  1:18 ` Mark Hatle [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-14  7:32 Claus Gindhart
2003-01-14 14:54 James Don

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