Unrar-ing files

vital_101 · 10-25-2005, 06:34 AM

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.