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Old 03-13-2008, 02:51 PM   #1
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Extract WINRAR ZIP TO LINUX/UNIX


I have a large winrar zip file.
How can i unzip it into linux/unix machine?
i have found the utility named rarlinux-3.7.b1.tar.gz (you jst goole it you will find it!!)
but its not converting WINRAR ZIP archieve.
How can i do that?
 
Old 03-13-2008, 04:15 PM   #2
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rar is the compressor. You need the unrar package to extract. You don't mention which distro you're using (you really should add it to your user info), so I can't tell where to go to get it, but it should be available in whatever package repositories your distro uses.
 
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