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How To Extract an RPM Package Without Installing It (rpm extract command)
Extract rpm File
So rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If a - argument is given, an rpm stream is read from standard in.
Syntax is as follows:
rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm rpm2cpio - < myrpmfile.rpm rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm | cpio -idmv
Examples - Extract files from rpm
$ rpm2cpio php-5.1.4-1.esp1.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv