On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: > On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: > > I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW > > printer. According to this URL: > > <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html>, > > I can download a file from: > > <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW> > > for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in > > either "RPM" or "DEB" format. I cannot figure out how to extract > > the "PPD" from "RPM" file. I have read "man rpm"; however, I am > > still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site > > for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about > > an incorrect operating system. > > First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. > Then continue with standard cpio(1).
Using "rpm2cpio" was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get "cpio" to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"