Extract 1 file from RPM
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:41 am
To find out where the file will get installed if you install the whole package run this command
Now that i have /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko as the location I can use rpm2cpio to grab just that file.
That should place a file in ./lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko. Notice I have a . (period) in front. It will create the lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/ and then place vmw_pvscsi.ko in that dir in whatever dir you are in. So in my example i was in /home/hsiaoc1 so all the full path to vmw_pvscsi.ko is
/home/hsiaoc1/lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko
From there i could move it to /usr/bin and delete /tmp/usr and also the rpm.
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# rpm -qlp kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | grep pvscsi
/lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko
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# rpm2cpio kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | cpio -ivd ./lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko
/home/hsiaoc1/lib/modules/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko
From there i could move it to /usr/bin and delete /tmp/usr and also the rpm.