rar extractor for ubuntu 9.04

noncomputergeek · 10-25-2009, 04:55 PM

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

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

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

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

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