Is it possible to install only a single file in a package? I have read all my books on RPM but I cant seem to figure out to only install one single file from a package. I want to know if its even possible?

Thanks,

Road

I'm bored, so I just went through the entire man page on RPM, although an older version, whatever came with Slackware 8.

It doesn't look like its possible. I also checked to see if you could just dump contents to a different file, then of course you could just copy what you need and rm the temporary directory. That seems like a headache even if it is possible.

The easiest way seems to be installing the RPM, copying what you need, and then un-installing it. Another reason I'm continuing to dislike RPMs.

Then again, you could just find the source for the package, compile it, but not install it, and then copy what you need.

Remember that RPM keeps an installed dependancy DB, so be careful not to confuse that or things might get wonky later.

Cheers,

Finegan

what do you mean by installing a single file? you can get at the contents of a rpm file using rpm2cpio, but to actually install it... i don't follow really.

Well maybe install is not the right word. I am need a file off a C library RPM. The problem is that it the RPM also contains files for KDE (Files I do not want on a system without KDE or any type of X windows). There is a total of 6 or so files that are copied to /usr/lib but I only need one of them to get the program working. The reason why I do not want to install the entire package is for really cleaness and security. I understand I could install and delete the extra files afterwards but I thought as powerfull RPM was there was a command I could not find.

I do like the idea of forcing the files to a different location that way I dont have to worry about deleted needed Libaries that where updated. The problem is I am writing a HowTo so I wanted to keep it as simplistic as possible.

Thanks,

Road