Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:56:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> Cc: ahze@baddog.yi.org, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to extract/install a Linux .rpm file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000912165605.11937B-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <39BDB451.FCDD8608@smartsoft.cc>
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rpm2cpio is in the ports tree. Try /usr/ports/misc/rpm2cpio. -- Matthew Emmerton || matt@gsicomp.on.ca GSI Computer Services || P: +1 (800) 217-5409 Technical Director || F: +1 (519) 335-6584 On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, 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. > > Also, /usr/ports does contain a lot, but not 'everything'. > > Don't worry, be Kneppie! > Jan > > > > Mike Johnson wrote: > > > why do you want an rpm ? theres /usr/ports > > > > > Does any of you know how to extract/install a Linix .rpm file? > > -- > Jan Knepper > Smartsoft, LLC > 88 Petersburg Road > Petersburg, NJ 08270 > U.S.A. > > http://www.smartsoft.cc/ > http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess > > Phone : 609-628-4260 > FAX : 609-628-1267 > FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ > > Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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