[H-GEN] Installing Binary RPMs as non-root user

Russell Stuart russell at stuart.id.au
Tue Oct 14 02:01:46 EDT 2003


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On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 15:47, Raymond Smith wrote:
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> Greetings List,
> 
> Is there anyway for a non-root user to install RPMs into a
> directory hierarchy that they own? Failing that, does anyone
> have pointers on the best method to deconstruct an RPM so I
> can try to install its contents as a non-root user?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Raymond

rpm2cpio will let you get at the files.

--prefix supposedly allows you to install into another directory - but I
have never done it.

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