On 02/21/2014 08:18 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:50 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was about to untar the latest Libre Office to install
>> their RPMSs.  It occurred to me that it would be awful
>> convenient if "rpm" would read inside the tar ball
>> all on its own.  Is there a way?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
> Not currently. RPM is a pretty specific format, and already compressed
> quite well. Adding another interpretation layer to it seems unwise.
>
> Tarballing them was done by Sun, especially with bundles like Java,
> which they'd actually wripe in an executable bundle that tried to
> force you to agree to their license before you unbundled the tarball.
> They also had a bad habit of naming the RPM files things that bore no
> resemblance to the actual RPM name, which used to drive me bananas.
> (And yes, Oracle is now doing this with Java RPM bundles.)
>
> Are they doing this with LibreOffice, too?
>

Hi Nico,

    They just sit inside the tar ball.  In the case of
4.2.1, they are all at LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/
inside the tar ball.

    After "tar xzvf tarball.gz", I install them with
         rpm -Uvh LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/*.rpm

    I was hoping rpm would do something like

        rpm -Uvh tarball:/LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/*.rpm

    to save me having to untar them.  I know rpm will take a web
address, so maybe a tar ball too?

    I find the java balls annoying too.

-T




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