So you’ll need 2 commands: rpm2cpio and cpio.
For example:
rpm2cpio mypackage.rpm | cpio -idmvFor reference, I found this by searching for “unpack RPM”. That led me to this NixCraft article. Several other links had similar info.
I guess this is one time where I’ll hope for corporate greed to win.
I’m sorry you had a pipe burst. I hope you’re able to fix that without too much pain.
My wife had bought tickets to all three as a Christmas present. Unfortunately the blizzard got in the way so we missed the whole thing. :’-(
At least we were able to get refunds.