Rpm on Details... https://www.deepreflect.net/tags/rpm/ Recent content in Rpm on Details... Hugo en-US Copyright © 2003 - 2026 Leonardo Rizzi Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:28:29 +0200 Extract files from RPM package https://www.deepreflect.net/2009/11/02/extract-files-from-rpm-package/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:58:35 +0000 http://blog.deepreflect.net/?p=734 <p>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:</p> <p><code># rpm2cpio somepackage.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv</code></p> <p>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</p> 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

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