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Old 05-16-2005, 07:50 PM   #1
Lleb_KCir
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how to deal with .rar files in linux now that rar is no longer part of linux


at one time rar and unrar were part of the debian distro and i had no problem with them, but now they have been removed for what ever reason.

is there an other application that can handle .rar files? if so what is it and were would i go to get it?
 
Old 05-16-2005, 08:11 PM   #2
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Download unrar! -Bill
 
Old 05-16-2005, 08:11 PM   #3
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Code:
apt-get unrar-nonfree
if you want to open the latest .rar files
 
Old 05-16-2005, 08:30 PM   #4
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Code:
p4ssmahome:~# apt-get install unrar-nonfree
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package unrar-nonfree is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package unrar-nonfree has no installation candidate
have tried that no love.

what repository do you have for it?

Code:
#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main

##### main Debian source
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib

##### Official US Debian archive
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main

##### k3b from http://www.k3b.org/
deb http://www.planet-moll.de/debian sarge main

##### Official mplayer and deverip
#deb http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythty
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

##### Official debian NON-US
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
that is my list and no luck there. do you have one i can add that will have the unrar vertual package i can apt-get install. running debian sarge 2.6.8 kernel if that matters.
 
Old 05-17-2005, 03:30 PM   #5
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Not sure why you are getting that error, but you can use your webbrowser to navigate to ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/u/unrar/ and it is there.

Just get it that way and install it with dpkg -i
 
Old 05-18-2005, 11:08 AM   #6
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s34n thank you.
 
Old 05-24-2005, 08:35 PM   #7
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"apt-cache search compress" returned a lengthy list of install candidates. Among them was a package called "unp".

After installing it, entering "unp -h" at my command prompt
gave me the help info, as expected. The following is extracted
from this info:

currently supported extensions and formats are
tar[.gz,.bz2], gz, bz2, Z, ar/deb, rpm, shar, rar, arj, zip, LHa, cab, ace,
tnef, uu (mail, news), mime, hqx, sea, zoo, pmd, cpio, afio, lzop


The man page gave me the following USAGE info, which I found interesting,
particualrly because of the blurb about Debian package files. I imagine
there is another means for doing this (wrt Deb packages) but this is the
first method I've come across.

USAGE
unp extract one or more files given as arguments on the command line.
Additionaly, it may pass some options to the backend tools (like tar
options) when they are appended after `--.

There is also a special option (-u) which is very usefull for extract-
ing of Debian packages. Using -u, unp extracts the package (i.e. the ar
archive) first, then extracts data.tar.gz in the current directory and
then control.tar.gz in control/<filename>/.
 
Old 06-06-2005, 08:57 PM   #8
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After installing UnRar....

I just installed Xandros linux as I read it was supposed to be the most user friendly distro. In any event, I'm trying to accomplish some tasks that are simple tasks for windows.

One of these tasks is opening a .rar file.

Using Xandros Networks I installed UnRar, however I don't see it under the Applications menu. Also, when I double click on the .rar file it asked what program to use to open it.

Do I need to use the console?
 
Old 06-06-2005, 09:17 PM   #9
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If you have ark installed, you can open rar files without going into the command line.
 
Old 06-06-2005, 09:33 PM   #10
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AH! YES!!

That is what I've been needing, thank you. Like I said still getting used to this. Just figured out it helps to use Xandros Networks to install programs. Now I'm learning you need to install sometimes more than ONE thing!
 
Old 11-21-2008, 01:53 AM   #11
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Angry further problems with rar files

I have both fileroller and ark installed. However no files are visible to extract. Not sure what the problem is. If it can't see the contents there never are any files to extract. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
 
Old 11-21-2008, 02:17 AM   #12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Birdman666 View Post
I have both fileroller and ark installed. However no files are visible to extract. Not sure what the problem is. If it can't see the contents there never are any files to extract. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
You still need (un)rar:

http://www.google.com/search?source=...le+Search&aq=f
 
Old 11-22-2008, 03:55 AM   #13
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Debianlinux:/tmp/rar# ./unrar
./unrar: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by ./unrar)

This is what happens every single time I try to use a cmd of rar or unrar. Doesn't go away no matter how I try to install. This library is the issue.

I've checked various forums for the exact same problem as my own. Responses seem to not listen and just bowl over the person filing the question.

Although I'd prefer not to be reliant upon it the only way I can use a Rar utility is in Wine.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 04:45 AM   #14
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you can also use p7zip, that's what I use, it worked on all rars I've ever found.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 07:01 AM   #15
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Debian has changed its naming policy. I think it was introduced with Lenny.

Before:
free: unrar
non-free: unrar-nonfree

After:
free: unrar-free
non-free: unrar

About 3 weeks I have installed unrar again in Lenny and it works fine.

jlinkels
 
  


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