How do I extract the contents of an rpm?
Did you try the rpm2cpio commmand? See the example below:
$ rpm2cpio php-5.1.4-1.esp1.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
./etc/php.d
./etc/php.ini
./usr/bin/php
./usr/bin/php-cgi
etc
$ mkdir packagecontents; cd packagecontents
$ rpm2cpio ../foo.rpm | cpio -idmv
$ find .
For Reference: the cpio arguments are
-i = extract
-d = make directories
-m = preserve modification time
-v = verbose
I found the answer over here: lontar's answer