RPM notes

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Extract files from RPM

Extract an RPM (useful for source RPMs). Note that this dumps the contents into the current directory.

rpm2cpio example.src.rpm | cpio -idmv

RPMs on Debian and Ubuntu

Install the alien package. This will allow you to convert a variety of package types into DEB packages. Supports RPM