howto install rar
Hello there.
I just discovered that there's a way to extract rar archives with linux. The problem is that the readme.txt file within the directory does not tell me how to install the program. I tried using the usual ./configure, but it tells me command not found. Here are the contents of this directory, i don't see what usually comes inside other packages, just the Makefile that has some commands that seem to be the way to install, but how do i run it? 428 2007-09-20 06:50 Makefile* 58233 2007-09-20 06:50 default.sfx* 210 2007-09-20 06:50 file_id.diz 6291 2007-09-20 06:50 license.txt 3183 2007-09-20 06:50 order.htm 345504 2007-09-20 06:50 rar* 70287 2007-09-20 06:50 rar.txt 877156 2007-09-20 06:50 rar_static* 1018 2007-09-20 06:50 rarfiles.lst 1050 2007-09-20 06:50 readme.txt 8957 2007-09-20 06:50 technote.txt 200080 2007-09-20 06:50 unrar* 6418 2007-09-20 06:50 whatsnew.txt Thanks for the help. |
If I had to guess, it looks like you already have a binary for "unrar". Try just running ./unrar filename.
Also, depending on what distro you're using, you can install several programs from repositories (unrar or unrar-free) to decompress rar files. |
I am using Slackware 12, and i looked up any rar utilities using slapt-get, but nothing turned out. So i googled around and found this thing, but can't install it.
I suppose i need to add something to my profile so that i can use rar or unrar from anywhere using the console. Thanks for the reply mate. |
You don't have to compile anything, since it comes already precompiled (binaries). Just copy the executables in a directory in your PATH (/usr/bin for example), to make them available to use from everywhere in your file system.
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If this is your kubuntu system (you mention that you use kubuntu in your profile), you should install rar and unrar using kubuntu's packaging system, rather than downloading a binary package from some untrusted website.
From the command line just do this: Code:
sudo aptitude install rar unrar |
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Thanks for the tip, i really appreciate it. |
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