how-to build binaries on Unix / Linux as non-root account from rpm's

         #how-to extracts rpm packages contents

         export ins=foo-bar.rpm

         rpm2cpio $ins | cpio -idv

         #how-to extract *.tar.gz 

         gzip -dc foo-bar.tar.gz | tar xvf –

         cd foo-bar-dir

         # how-to extract tar.gz packages in the cwd

         export file=foo-bar.tar.gz

         # gotcha xovf - switch order matters !!!

         gzip -dc $file| tar -xovf -

         #how-to build binaries as a non-root 

         ./configure --prefix=$HOME && make && make install