[ale] RPM command line help

[Yu, Jerry]

# to convert the RPM to a CPIO then list/extract with CPIO command
rpm2cpio blah.rpm | cpio -itv "*importantFileHere*"

# to see which file is inside an rpm
rpm -qlp blah.rpm


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# From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
# Dow_Hurst
# Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:49 PM
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# Subject: [ale] RPM command line help
# 
# 
# I want to install an older glibc from SuSE 9.0 into my SuSE 
# 9.1.  Here is the command line I think will keep it from 
# screwing up my current system:
# 
# rpm -ivvvh --test --relocate /etc=/opt/lib --relocate 
# /lib=/opt/lib --relocate /sbin=/opt/lib --relocate 
# /usr=/opt/lib --badreloc --oldpackage --noscripts 
# /home/dhurst/SuSE_rpms/glibc-2.3.2-92.i586.rpm
# 
# What I want is for it to install all the files in the rpm 
# into /opt/lib.  I don't see how to extract just the single 
# file I want out of the rpm.  Any problems with what I want to 
# do?  I don't want the rpm to do symlinks in my regular system 
# files either.
# Dow
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