Syntax is as follows:
rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm
rpm2cpio – < myrpmfile.rpm
rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm | cpio -idmv
Example
Download an RPM file:
$ mkdir test
$ cd test
$ wget http://nurfarhan.com/files/nurfarhan.rpm
Extract RPM file using rpm2cpio and cpio command:
$ rpm2cpio nurfarhan.rpm | cpio -idmvOutput:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf ./etc/php.d ./etc/php.ini ./usr/bin/php ./usr/bin/php-cgi ./usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so ./usr/lib64/php ./usr/lib64/php/modules .... ..... .. ./var/lib/php/session ./var/www/icons/php.gif 19188 blocks
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 i.e. display progress
Verify that you have extracted an RPM file in current directory:
$ ls Output:
etc nurfarhan.rpm usr var
This is useful if you want to extract configuration file or other file w/o installing an RPM file.
