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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:18:53 -0600
From: Mark Hatle <fray@mvista.com>
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To: James Don <JDon@spacebridge.com>
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Subject: Re: RPM: how do i un-pack an rpm without installing ...
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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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