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If you use kde, there is a program called ark which should be able to work with rar files.
As to installing rar, that is a somewhat distribution-specific question. I think that Mandrake is an rpm-based distribution, so go to a site like rpmfind.net and search for rar. If I recall, the command to install it is someting like (as root) rpm -i packagename.rpm. Perhaps someone who uses Mandrake could help you out better than I.
An rar file is a compressed archive. In order to do anything with it, you need to uncompress it. On most linux systems there is a program called unrar which will uncompress the file for you. Your system does not seem to have that archiving/unarchiving program. So when I mentioned installing an rpm, I meant installing the rpm for the rar program which will then allow you to uncompress your file. Alternatively kde's archiving program, called ark, should be able to uncompress the file for you.
It is an kde-based archive management program with a GUI which supports a number of common compression formats such as rar, zip, bz2, etc. You can invoke it with "ark filename.rar". That will open up a window and display the contents of your rar file and allow you to extract them.
Distribution: open SUSE 11.0, Fedora 7 and Mandriva 2007
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Thanks Brian
This was a tall order. I gave it up. I don't have rar program on my system. A friend of mine gave me this crack program. He said it worked beautifully on his computer. However, I am not an expert like him.
This program was a zip file. I unzipped it properly. I mean unziping worked fine. The problem was I am an idiot when it comes to using 'Ark' and the rest.
I threw it away.
I went to Rarlab official website and downloaded their 30 day trial version. The installation was very simple. It was a simple tarball. I know how to deal with tarballs.
The funny thing is that they don't have any information on how to use it.
I have a file named 'Poolia' on my system.
I just want to compress it using this rar program.
What is the command?
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[nissanka@c83-250-110-112 ~]$ rar Poolia
RAR 3.60 Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Alexander Roshal 5 Aug 2006
Shareware version Type RAR -? for help
<Commands>
a Add files to archive
c Add archive comment
cf Add files comment
ch Change archive parameters
cw Write archive comment to file
d Delete files from archive
e Extract files to current directory
f Freshen files in archive
i[par]=<str> Find string in archives
k Lock archive
l[t,b] List archive [technical, bare]
m[f] Move to archive [files only]
p Print file to stdout
r Repair archive
rc Reconstruct missing volumes
rn Rename archived files
rr[N] Add data recovery record
rv[N] Create recovery volumes
s[name|-] Convert archive to or from SFX
t Test archive files
u Update files in archive
v[t,b] Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
x Extract files with full path
<Switches>
- Stop switches scanning
ad Append archive name to destination path
ag[format] Generate archive name using the current date
ap<path> Set path inside archive
as Synchronize archive contents
av Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
av- Disable authenticity verification check
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As you see, the command ' rar Poolia ' didn't work.
I don't know how to advise you, because I don't know what f4cg is. What kind of program is it? I don't know what kind of program it is. So if you unarchive it with rar e you will find out what it contains and then decide how to install it.
Distribution: open SUSE 11.0, Fedora 7 and Mandriva 2007
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Thanks Brian for taking time to help me again.
The program I got through my friend is the latest WinRar for Linux. It is a zip file. It is the same program which I installed yesterday by downloading from their offical website. It worked fine on his system. It is a cracked version of the latest Winrar.
RARlab.RAR.v3.60.LINUX-f4cg.zip
[ The name of the file I got from my friend.]
I unzipped it just using the unzip command. It worked fine.
It created a folder.
That is always the case when you unzip a zip file or expand a tarball.
The name of that folder is ' Rarlab.RAR.v3.60.LINUX '.
I just followed the usual procedure of installing a file on a Linux system.
The commands are ' ./configure ' , ' install ' and ' make install '
Inside the folder, I found those 3 files. One is a 'nfo' file, one is a 'diz' file and the other one is '.rar' file.
The question is if I install this program again, will it work will it corrupt the 30 day trial version?
If you just want a gui for rar, both Gnome and KDE have their own archive managers with guis which support rar and many other formats. I suggest using one of these.
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