Extract files from RPM package
There is no direct RPM option available via rpm command to extract an RPM file. But there is a small utility available called rpm2cpio. It Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package. Example extract RPM file using rpm2cpio and cpio command: # rpm2cpio somepackage.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv Output of rpm2cpio piped to cpio command with following options: i: Restore archive d: Create leading directories where needed m: Retain previous file modification times when creating files v: Verbose