RPM commands!!!!

Basavaraj · 05-31-2006, 01:50 AM

Hi,

I would like to know is their any command to get a file(opening i.e vi) from any .src.rpm package without installing it.

Thanks & Regards
Basavaraj

ethics · 05-31-2006, 02:32 AM

Not quite clear on what you want, you want to use a source .RPM to run something without installing it? I would imagine you can't, the source needs to be compiled before it can run...?

Or you want to extract the source from the .RPM without installing the .RPM? can you not just install it, get the source and then uninstall the .RPM with

Code:

rpm -e

?

jschiwal · 05-31-2006, 03:35 AM

You can explore an RPM package using Midnight Commander (mc).

There is also a command called unrar that can unpack the contents of an RPM. You will want to put it in a directory first.

You can also use the rpm2cpio program:
~/lxi> rpm2cpio fame-0.9.0-5.pm.1.i586.rpm | cpio -ivd
./usr/bin/fame
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/AUTHORS
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/BUGS
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/CHANGES
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/COPYING
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/README
./usr/share/doc/packages/fame/TODO
./usr/share/man/man1/fame.1.gz
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muha · 05-31-2006, 06:17 AM

Maybe you want:
rpm -qpi
OR
rpm -qpl
To get some information on the files in the .rpm