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I've googled and search the forums, but wanted to find an aswer that pertained to Slackware.
D/L a file and it is in .rar format.
What type of software is needed to unrar this file?
I've done something like this on my Knoppix box, but damn it, need to take better notes, cause I can't remember (grad school is really a mental workout).
How about "unrar"? There are various versions around, I happen to use one from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm . I think this is old-style shareware, so if you feel guilt about it and have no money, you might (freshmeat?) find another version.
On edit: Oh yes, this is on a slackware machine. I just built it and installed it in /usr/local....
Yeah I'm using Rarlab unrar. I just install the package and Ark (KDE archiver) can open rar files. I don't think there's any rar utility that comes with Slackware.
The one I got off LinuxPackages works great as well. Integrates with Ark and File Roller seamlessly....
Actually, the one I'm using is version 3.4.0...... Can't say how the newer one on LinuxPackages works. The older one can be found in my sig link if your at all interested.
and if it's password protected, the program will ask you for the password...
It seems like Gnome's File-Roller doesn't like passworded rar files: it knows that it is protected, but you can't input a password (the password field is grayed-out).
Just an FYI unrar is free. Rar (to create rar archives) is shareware. I just downloaded unrar from rarlabs, put the binary in /usr/local/bin and i'm all set.
The RAR/WinRAR unregistered trial version may not be distributed
inside of any other software package without written permission
of the copyright owner.
And it isn't opensource, like everything else in Slackware.
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