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05-16-2005, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Orlando FL
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,765
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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?
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05-16-2005, 09:11 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 245
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05-16-2005, 09:11 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Slackware 9.1 / Debian Sid
Posts: 57
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Code:
apt-get unrar-nonfree
if you want to open the latest .rar files
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05-16-2005, 09:30 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Orlando FL
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,765
Original Poster
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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?
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.
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05-17-2005, 04:30 PM
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#5
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Slackware 9.1 / Debian Sid
Posts: 57
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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
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05-18-2005, 12:08 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Orlando FL
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,765
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s34n thank you.
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05-24-2005, 09:35 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: Debian, RH, Knoppix, Ubuntu, CentOS
Posts: 62
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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>/.
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06-06-2005, 09:57 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: Mandriva LE 2005
Posts: 71
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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?
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06-06-2005, 10:17 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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If you have ark installed, you can open rar files without going into the command line.
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06-06-2005, 10:33 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: Mandriva LE 2005
Posts: 71
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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!
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11-21-2008, 02:53 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 16
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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?
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11-21-2008, 03:17 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Pensacola, FL
Distribution: Slackware64® Current & Arch
Posts: 1,092
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Birdman666
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?
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You still need (un)rar:
http://www.google.com/search?source=...le+Search&aq=f
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11-22-2008, 04:55 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 16
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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.
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11-22-2008, 05:45 AM
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#14
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
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you can also use p7zip, that's what I use, it worked on all rars I've ever found.
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11-22-2008, 08:01 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Bonaire, Leeuwarden
Distribution: Debian /Jessie/Stretch/Sid, Linux Mint DE
Posts: 5,196
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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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