Posted 2008/06/02
How to unpack a deb or rpm package
Under Debian or Ubuntu:sudo apt-get install atool aunpack -F a packagefoo_i386.debUsing RedHat or similar:
rpm2cpio packagefoo.i386.rpm | cpio -idmv
sudo apt-get install atool aunpack -F a packagefoo_i386.debUsing RedHat or similar:
rpm2cpio packagefoo.i386.rpm | cpio -idmv