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vital_101 10-25-2005 06:34 AM
Unrar-ing files
 
I'm using Ubuntu 5.10 for the amd 64. I have a handfull of files that are in the .rar format and I'd like to extract them. I installed ARK, but when i tried to extract them, it said it didn't have the unrar component. How do I go about installing and unraring these files?

/Vital_101

uberNUT69 10-25-2005 07:14 AM
add the non-free repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
eg.
deb ftp://your-closest-mirror/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free

and install unrar

# apt-get update && apt-get install unrar

I think you'll find that ark checks for installed decompressors at startup.

vital_101 10-25-2005 10:09 AM
how do I go about installing this non-free repository? I'm a relative newbie to linux (more newer to debian style)

uberNUT69 10-25-2005 05:32 PM
Follow the instructions in my first post.
If you don't know of a mirror close to you,
go to debian.org and look for the mirror list.

Waltman19xx 01-17-2006 08:13 AM
What's the difference between unrar non-free and unrar free?

uberNUT69 01-17-2006 04:54 PM
Code:
$ apt-cache show unrar-free
Package: unrar-free
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:0.0.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21)
Filename: pool/main/u/unrar-free/unrar-free_0.0.1-2_i386.deb
Size: 15834
MD5sum: 0bbd9397dfdda007bb52dfaabaf1d79b
Description: Unarchiver for .rar files
 Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. Can't handle archives in the
 RAR 3.0 format, only the non-free "unrar" package can do that

Synt4x_3rr0r 01-19-2006 03:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by uberNUT69
add the non-free repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
eg.
deb ftp://your-closest-mirror/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free

and install unrar

# apt-get update && apt-get install unrar

I think you'll find that ark checks for installed decompressors at startup.
It would be better to add the Universe and Multiverse for Ubuntu to your repositories.
Because sometimes Debian .deb's wont work on Ubuntu. Or so I've heard.
When I used Ubuntu the package was available in either Universe or Multiverse anyway.

Sorry I don't have an URL to the repositories.


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