Attention

Following the recent operating system upgrade, software listings and module load commands now reflect the upgraded system. Some examples and notices are still being updated and may contain outdated guidance.

Unpacking an RPM

Unpacking an RPM is achieved by using the rpm2cpio and cpio commands in concert as shown below. This will unpackage the RPM into the current directory following a localised structure which would otherwise be where this package would be installed conventionally.

i.e. ./usr/bin/gmake rather than /usr/bin/gmake

The output below has been truncated to save space as indicated by *SNIP*.

[user@node004 [stanage] yumpackages]$ rpm2cpio make-3.82-24.el7.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
./usr/bin/gmake
./usr/bin/make
./usr/share/doc/make-3.82
./usr/share/doc/make-3.82/AUTHORS
./usr/share/doc/make-3.82/COPYING
./usr/share/doc/make-3.82/NEWS
./usr/share/doc/make-3.82/README
*SNIP*
./usr/share/info/make.info-1.gz
./usr/share/info/make.info-2.gz
./usr/share/info/make.info.gz
./usr/share/man/man1/gmake.1.gz
./usr/share/man/man1/make.1.gz
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