Doug Herr wrote:
Just adding my saved note on how it can be done:
Pull files out of an rpm without installing it: mkdir foo ; cp file.rpm foo ; cd foo rpm2cpio - < file.rpm | cpio --extract --no-absolute-filenames --make-directories
Or simpler, IMO:
Install 'rpmdevtools' and use:
rpmdev-extract /path/to/package
It supports a good number of package/archive formats, not just rpm.