Tag: rpm2cpio

How To: Extract an RPM Package Files Without Installing It

Posted on in Categories CentOS, Data recovery, Howto, Linux, Linux distribution, package management, RedHat/Fedora Linux, Sys admin, Tips last updated October 18, 2006

As most of you may know to how extract a tarballs and/or a zip files. Someone, recently PM me with a question:

Dear nixCraft,

How do I extract an RPM package without installing it on my Fedora Linux or CentOS or RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Suse Linux?

Sincerely,

CentOS user.