Having trouble with unrar. Can someone Help me out?

p0xy · 09-15-2007, 04:07 AM

Hi

I currently installed unrar onto my comp and i have tried to exract a rar file but it always comes up failed.

i use this command:-

/folder/unrar-free -x --extract file.rar folder

and i get 1 failed file.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

Thanks

mtb · 09-15-2007, 04:44 AM

unrar-free
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.

You have probably to install the non-free one.

http://packages.debian.org/etch/unrar

p0xy · 09-15-2007, 04:57 AM

Thankyou

What is the command to install Via aptitude? ive tried to use "aptitude install unrar_3.5.4-1_amd64.deb" but i getthat it cannot find the package?

Thanks

mtb · 09-15-2007, 05:06 AM

I don't have time enought to tell you with aptitude.

Briefly:
Download it from here:

http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/pool....4-1_amd64.deb

Enter in the directory where you have got the archive, and, as root, or with sudo:

dpkg -i unrar_3.5.4-1_amd64.deb

p0xy · 09-15-2007, 05:10 AM

Thats excellent, thanks very much

Flab0y352 · 09-15-2007, 09:49 AM

soo the non-free will do everything the free will do but more? or do you need both of them?