Paul,
Check out the man page for rpm (man rpm) and look up the part that talks
about the --root option. This should be what you're looking for.
- matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: RPM question..
>
> Hi,
>
> I made a directory called 'work'. In it I put an rpm package. I
> would like to unpack this package and install itself with directory
> tree in a subdirectory of the 'work' directory. I don't want rpm
> to install the package in the system itself. I just want to be
> able to inspect a few things first.
>
> I guess the related switches I might need to use are:
>
> --prefix <path>
> This sets the installation prefix to <path> for
> relocatable packages.
>
> --relocate <oldpath>=<newpath>
> For relocatable packages, translates the files that
> would be put in <oldpath> to <newpath>.
>
> --badreloc
> To be used in conjunction with --relocate, this
> forces the relocation even if the package isn't
> relocatable.
>
> --noorder
> Don't reorder the packages for an install. The list
> of packages would normally be reordered to satisfy
> dependancies.
>
> but I don't know really what to put for <oldpath> or how to
> order these options on the command line (I'm working from the
> command line).
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Paul
>
> --
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> of the universe seems to be missing."
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