On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 16:34, christopher cuse wrote: > On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 14:10, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > > Is there an application that will allow you to view the contents of a > > .rpm file and extract only selected files to a specified directory? > > Like a WinZIP/File Roller for RPMs. > > > > I know rpm -qlp will display the files in an rpm but I'm looking for > > something that will view/extract. > > > > If not, is there an rpm command that will extract a specified file to a > > specified directory? > > > > TIA > > > > Palmetto Shopper > > http://www.palmettoshopper.com > > Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! > > hi thomas, > > well, there's not really a viewer in the true sense, but you can do > pretty much what your looking for with: > > rpm2cpio rpmname.rpm | cpio -t ; see the files > rpm2cpio rpmname.rpm | cpio -ivd; extract all to local disk > > with cpio, you can get pretty granular ... > > cheers > > christopher cuse
IMO - there is a simpler way - type mc in a terminal, navigate to the rpm and double -v#click - then the rpms contents will open and you can copy any file to wherever you want - use it regularly > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list