* RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
@ 2003-01-14 0:22 James Don
2003-01-14 1:18 ` Mark Hatle
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From: James Don @ 2003-01-14 0:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-embedded
Sorry,
Not really a topic for this group but ...
how do i un-pack an rpm without installing it?
Jim
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* Re: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
2003-01-14 0:22 RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing James Don
@ 2003-01-14 1:18 ` Mark Hatle
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From: Mark Hatle @ 2003-01-14 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Don; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
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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* RE: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
@ 2003-01-14 7:32 Claus Gindhart
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From: Claus Gindhart @ 2003-01-14 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Don; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
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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
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#!/bin/sh
# The purpose of this shell script is to unpack a
# source RPM package to the current directory
rpm2cpio $1 | cpio --extract --make-directories
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* RE: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
@ 2003-01-14 14:54 James Don
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From: James Don @ 2003-01-14 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Mark Hatle', James Don; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
Thank you all ...
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hatle [mailto:fray@mvista.com]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:19 PM
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
** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
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