[[APi]TheMan]

I would like to extract the files out of an rpm, not install them.

I did some research and downloaded a binary rpm for MacOSX, which installed rpm2cpio. I read that using rpm2cpio is the way to go, but I'm not sure how to extract, rather than install the files in the outputted cpio file.

To get the rpm to a cpio I used: rpm2cpio file.rpm > file.cpio

I ended up with a file that was 10 megs larger than the original rpm, so I dunno what I'm doing...

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
I would like to extract the files out of an rpm, not install them.

I did some research and downloaded a binary rpm for MacOSX, which installed rpm2cpio. I read that using rpm2cpio is the way to go, but I'm not sure how to extract, rather than install the files in the outputted cpio file.

To get the rpm to a cpio I used: rpm2cpio file.rpm > file.cpio

I ended up with a file that was 10 megs larger than the original rpm, so I dunno what I'm doing...

Meh. A little more research uncovered this: http://rpminator.sourceforge.net

A MacOSX-native RPM extractor.