how to 'rip apart' a rpm.

[Tim]

On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 09:22 -0600, reg at dwf.com wrote:
> I want to look at the individual files in a src rpm.
> How do I 'rip it apart' ??
> Doing an install doesnt seem to be the answer, It does something, but
> I have no idea where the bits and pieces are going.

Doing an "rpm -qlp" on the package, or even using the "less" command,
will list the contents of it, with the file paths.  That'll show you
what's going to go where.  The less command reads a plethora of
information from a package, in one go (package info, readme {I think},
the changelog, and the file listing).

You can even open a package with the fileroller GUI utility, and check
out individual files like any other archive.  Or the cpio command, for
the command line.

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