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
> > 
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> 
> 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
> 



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