How to extract files from a package ???

[HaoDr]

Hi all,

Please tell how to extract files from a package into a directory without install this package again ( for example, sometimes, I delete some files such as readme, *.html by chance, then I would like to extract them again ) Please give me a sample command with arguments/options.

Thanks

Hao Dr

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Well you can do a forced upgrade suppressing the install script but that would still replace existing files - e.g.

rpm -Uvh --noscripts --replacepkgs Package.rpm

You can also extract individual files like in this example :

rpm2cpio logrotate-1.0-1.i386.rpm |cpio -ivd usr/man/man8/logrotate.8

It is also possible to do things like (i) create a new rpm database in another directory (ii) install package to another location while referring to that new rpm database (iii) copy the files you need & delete the unneeded stuff.

The best reference on rpm is -->

http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/max-rpm-html/index.html

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Hope this helps

 

[HaoDr]

Thanks very much.
Bye