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Old 08-12-2007, 06:07 AM   #1
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Exclamation .rar extract


i am using fc7
i downloaded a movie and it was .rar when i tryied to extract by right click on it and select extract here it gives me an error message says
archieve type not supported
 
Old 08-12-2007, 06:19 AM   #2
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You can download rar for Linux.
 
Old 08-12-2007, 06:25 AM   #3
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Code:
#yum install unrar
That should install the unrar utility for Linux if you have setup the livna yum repo.
 
  


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