From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 11 23:24:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C90E737B422 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:24:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA12492 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:41:47 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.0/8.10.1) id e8C6OL524736 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:24:21 +0400 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:24:21 +0400 From: Igor Roboul To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to extract/install a Linux .rpm file Message-ID: <20000912102421.A24672@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20000912042215.1AB08CC@baddog.yi.org> <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc>; from jan@smartsoft.cc on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:42:57AM -0400 X-Operating-System: Linux linux.rainbow 2.2.14-plus-SMP X-Best-Window-Manager: Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message