> Given that you're living on a system that doesn't rely on RPM primarily > for package management, one possibility is to use the --force option, > effectively telling RPM to STFU and just install the damn package > already. But since you don't really care about RPM's package management > facilities -- you just want to copy this software onto your system -- > I'd probably opt for a different approach. Convert the .rpm(s) to cpio > archives (rpm2cpio, IIRC); this will allow you to unpack them anywhere > (say, /usr/local/PACKAGENAME, or wherever) and avoid mucking up your > main / and /usr.
Alternatively, if you've got Midnight Commander installed, you can just hit return over an RPM and browse it in the same way you'd browse a filesystem. Then, just copy the hierarchical directories to your / and you're set. Similar to the above-mentioned rpm2cpio, you can chekc out rpm2targz or rpm2tgz. -- Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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