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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:24:21 +0400
From:      Igor Roboul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to extract/install a Linux .rpm file
Message-ID:  <20000912102421.A24672@linux.rainbow>
In-Reply-To: <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc>; from jan@smartsoft.cc on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:42:57AM -0400
References:  <20000912042215.1AB08CC@baddog.yi.org> <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc>

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On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:42:57AM -0400, Jan Knepper wrote:
> I don't want and .rpm, it just so happens that I received a Linux binary
> wrapped in a .rpm file.
> If possible I would like to un-wrap the product and see whether or not
> it works on FreeBSD as well.
rpm2cpio is your friend:
%locate rpm2cpio
/usr/compat/linux/usr/bin/rpm2cpio
/usr/ports/misc/rpm2cpio


-- 
Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", 
Sochi, Russia
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