Re: [TCLUG:2488] rpm question

[Sandipan Panigrahi <pani@frontiernet.net>]

Hah, that is one i did not know. I always have been using
rpm2cpio package.rpm | cpio ...

That is sure going to save me some trouble.
Thanks
sandipan

Jon Schewe wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 3 1998, Chris Kesler wrote:
> Chris> I downloaded a .rpm file to a machine at my ISP's site.  Then I realized
> Chris> that I can't use it because I don't have the root password. I'd like to
> Chris> just try out the binaries in the package.  Is it possible to extract the
> Chris> contents of the package into my home directory?
> 
> rpm --root=/home/userid package.rpm
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