RPMUNCOMPRESS(1)

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version 6.1.0 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 RPMUNCOMPRESS 💖

okay bestie, you know rpmuncompress? yeah, that's the manual page. it's rpmuncompress, the RPM utility for compressed files and archives. let's get into it, i promise it's not that deep. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rpmuncompress [options] FILE

rpmuncompress [options] [extract-options] {-x|--extract} ARCHIVE

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so rpmuncompress is a utility that transparently outputs compressed and uncompressed files, and also extracts archives. like, it does both. versatile queen. 👑

it's normally invoked internally by rpmbuild(1) to handle %setup and %patch related tasks in spec files — but you can totally call it manually too, and honestly? slay, go for it.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • FILE — a regular file, optionally compressed. that's it, that's the vibe.
  • ARCHIVE — a tar(1), zip(1), CAR or Ruby GEM file. and if it's a tar archive? it may be compressed. we handle it. 💅

✨ OPERATIONS ✨

by default, rpmuncompress outputs FILE to standard output — similar to cat(1), except it transparently decompresses a bunch of popular compression formats, similar to zcat(1). so it's giving cat but smarter. main character energy fr.

  • -x, --extract — extract the ARCHIVE passed as argument into the current directory, transparently uncompressing tar(1) archives if needed. no cap, it just handles it.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -n, --dry-run — output the shell command that would be executed without this option. so you can see the plan before you commit. lowkey iconic.

also! check out rpm-common(8) for options common to all rpm executables. the more u know iykyk. 🌈

🍓 EXTRACT OPTIONS 🍓

  • -C PATH, --path=PATH — extract into PATH regardless of the archive's internal layout. we don't care what it thinks its structure is, bestie, we're going where you said. periodt.

🌟 EXIT STATUS 🌟

on success, 0 is returned. a nonzero failure code otherwise. you either ate or you didn't. 😭

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

rpmuncompress /tmp/3911.patch.gz | patch -p1

uncompress and output /tmp/3911.patch.gz, similar to zcat(1), and pipe it to patch(1). chef's kiss. 🔥

rpmuncompress -x myproject.zip

extract myproject.zip archive into the current directory. simple. clean. obsessed.

rpmuncompress -x -C myproject myproject-1.0.7rc1.tar.gz

uncompress and extract myproject-1.0.7rc1.tar.gz archive into myproject directory, regardless of it's internal structure. we're putting it where we want it. 💖

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

rpm-common(8), rpmbuild(1), popt(3)

http://www.rpm.org/

okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and uncompress responsibly 💜

and that's a wrap, babes 🌸 this was RPM 6.1.0, dated 2026-08-20 — written by the General Commands Manual girlies, delivered to you with love. mwah. 🎀💖✨

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