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What program to open .rpm files?

With the program called "rpm"

What system are you working on and what are you trying to do?

Unpacking ( "Open the package" ) goes like this :

$ rpm2cpio <package>.rpm | cpio -idmv

Or use the script unPack_rpm.sh by @unSpawn
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4&d=1270886811
$ sh unPack_rpm.sh <package>.rpm

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@knudfl CYP point me to where I posted it?
Updated script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

LANG=C; LC_ALL=C; export LANG LC_ALL

rpmDetails() { for Q in changelog provides requires scripts \

triggers triggerscripts; do rpm --nosignature -q -p --${Q} \

"${f}" 2>&1 | grep -v NOKEY > "${Q}.log"; done; }

rpmUnpack() { f=$(readlink -f "${f}"); file "${f}"|grep -q "RPM.v"

PLC=$(rpm --nosignature --qf="%{PAYLOADCOMPRESSOR}\n" -qp "${f}" 2>/dev/null)

case "$?" in 0) d=$(basename "${f}" .rpm); d="${HOME}/tmp/${d:=ERROR_$$}"

mkdir -p "${d}" && cd "${d}" || exit 1

case "${PLC}" in gzip) rpm2cpio "${f}"|cpio -idmv && rpmDetails "${f}";; 

xz|lzma) rpm2cpio "${f}"|unxz|cpio -idmv && rpmDetails "${f}";; *) echo \

"${progn}: Unknown compressor "${PLC}", exiting."; exit 1;; esac;;

*) echo "${progn}: Unknown package "${f}", exiting."; exit 1;; esac; }

for f in $@; do rpmUnpack "${f}"; done; exit 0

If Gnome is used and you do NOT want to "install" the rpm but just extract the files
and do not need any of the information other than just the files

"file-roller" will do that just fine
r-click the rpm and select "open with file-roller" ( not the install)
you will get new folders in the folder that the rpm is in
a new "usr","bin","lib", and so on

# 5, "unPack_rpm.sh by @unSpawn".

Was posted by you : 01 Aug 2008 .
LQ Search → → "Unpack RPM archives" , "unSpawn"
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...kage-659712/#4

(My version : I edited the unpack destination to the current directory.)

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