Re: [SLUG] extracting a single file from an rpm

[Dean Hamstead <deanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

you should be able to just untar an rpm i believe.

so hello tar options

Dean

Bevan Broun wrote:
> on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 02:53:35PM +1100, Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP <Christopher.Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is this possible to extract a single file from an rpm package
>
> Yes - you need to use rpm2cpio and the extract from the cpio stream.
>
> rpm2cpio File.rpm | cpio -t
> rpm2cpio File.rpm | cpio --some-options-to-extract filename
>
> BB


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