hello everyone !!!!!

i am using redhat linux enterprise 5......

i cannot extract rar files.......

when i run yum install unrar...it gives me following error :

[root@localhost ~]# yum install unrar
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
No Match for argument: unrar
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]#



what to do ?


recently i installed xarchiver......but when i use it to extract a rar file .....it gives following error :

rar: /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by rar)

Welcome to LQ.

You will have to pay for support to get
any packages from Redhat.

Suggest : Install the free version instead :
"Redhat" CentOS 5.3 and have access to all
the packages. ( About 8,000.)
.....

A simple Google search gives http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/unrar/

First - check to see if unrar isn't already installed (could be misconfigured) - $ rpm -qa | grep -i unrar.i386.rpm

Then, download & install - $ rpm -ivh unrar-3.6.8-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

I can't guarantee that this will work - I don't have a RHEL OS to hand...

i installed $ rpm -ivh unrar-3.6.8-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

but when i use unrar...it gives me following error :

unrar: /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by unrar)

now what to do ?

pls help.....really need unrar very badly...........many of my files on my PC are in rar format....so i m desperate.....

You need GLIBC_2.7 - I had trouble finding this - unless you pay for updates for RHEL, then you could try this: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i686.rpm.html
It says for Fedora - but I couldn't find a good alternative.
Download it & try: $ rpm -ivh glibc-2.7-2.i686.rpm

Otherwise - try $ yum install glibc-common & yum install glibc
If you already have glibc - try $ up2date glibc