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noncomputergeek 10-25-2009 04:55 PM
rar extractor for ubuntu 9.04
 
whats a good rar extractor and how do i install it?

acid_kewpie 10-25-2009 04:56 PM
rar
aptitude install rar


job done

noncomputergeek 10-25-2009 05:01 PM
you just confused me?
is "aptitude install rar" a command i should use or what?

TB0ne 10-25-2009 05:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by noncomputergeek (Post 3732213)
you just confused me?
is "aptitude install rar" a command i should use or what?
Right. Type in "aptitude install rar".

noncomputergeek 10-25-2009 06:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TB0ne (Post 3732239)
Right. Type in "aptitude install rar".
i got this after tpying it to my terminal

"Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?"

what do i do from there?

TB0ne 10-25-2009 06:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by noncomputergeek (Post 3732263)
i got this after tpying it to my terminal

"Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?"

what do i do from there?
You have to be root to run that. Either SU to root, or precede the command with 'sudo'.

marcuss73 11-21-2009 02:58 PM
Using rar through Wine
 
Hi there,

After trying it with the free unrar-util without success I just ran Winrar using Wine.

Did the trick for me!

Grtz,

Marc


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