https://shiv.me/tags/rpm/ Recent content in Rpm on Shivanand Velmurugan — Product leader. Systems thinker. Hugo en © Shivanand Velmurugan Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2013/work-with-rpms/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2013/work-with-rpms/ <p>Unix. I love thee!</p> <p>Extract an rpm without installing in to the current directory (really, the rpm command should support this):</p> <p><code> $ rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm | cpio -idmv</code></p> <p>*i: Restore archive</p> <p>*d: Create leading directories where needed</p> <p>*m: Retain previous file modification times when creating files</p> <p>*v: Verbose i.e. display progress</p> <p>List contents of an rpm:</p> <p><code> $ rpm -qlp myrpmfile.rpm </code></p> <p><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-extract-an-rpm-package-without-installing-it.html">source</a></p>