Cedega on Lunar linux

[lunar_limbo]

I just came across Lunar Linux yesterday on distrowatch.com. I'm trying to find a suitable replacement for Slackware or Gentoo and I must say I'm quite impressed, All of my hardware was supported right off the bat and configuration was a breeze.

Just because I didn't find (due to nonexistence or ignorance) any information on getting cedega up and running I'm posting my success method here.

First i used a

[sofar]

rpm - the redhat package manager - is not supported under lunar. Please do not use it to install packages. You're better off using rpmunpack and cpio to extract the cedega rpm file and try to install it manually. Cedega is not fit to install on lunar (or any source distro for that matter) due to it's binary nature.

[RedKennedy]

If I were you, I'd just get the Slackware package, tar -xzf it, and copy the stuff to /usr and whatnot.
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[lunar_limbo]

Sofar, I did try using rpmunpack which left me with a cpio file as well as a bunch of other gibberish files at which point i became lost. I've never really bothered with rpms until my dirty little cedega install on lunar. (sorry for being halfassed)
I tried untaring the slackware .tgz file and got myself some usr opt and etc directories but I didn't feel like playing around on account of being lazy.
Thanks to redkennedy for his suggestion, as I know now how to pull that off.

[sofar]

cpio -i < file.cpio

sorta gives you the same as the slack tarball.