On 1/23/06, J. K. Cliburn <jcliburn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a way to extract the contents of an rpm file (to, say, a temp > directory) without actually installing it? I'd like to look at the > source code of a particular module driver that's bound up in the rpm, > but I don't want to install the kernel source -- probably wouldn't > work anyway since I'm working from a cygwin host right now. For the benefit of those who might hit upon this thread while searching, the answer to my question was thus. # rpm2cpio kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.src.rpm > kernel.cpio # cpio -iv < kernel.cpio # bunzip2 linux-2.6.15.tar.bz2 # tar -xvf linux-2.6.15.tar This was exactly what I wanted. Thanks again Rex.
