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Old 11-20-2004, 06:04 PM   #1
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What program can I use to extract a rar file in linux?


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Old 11-20-2004, 06:09 PM   #2
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http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
"RAR 3.41 for Linux" should work.
 
Old 11-20-2004, 06:22 PM   #3
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how does it work?
 
Old 11-20-2004, 06:30 PM   #4
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Code:
[slackbox ~] tar zxf rarlinux-3.4.1.tar.gz
[slackbox ~] cd rar/
[slackbox ~/rar] su -c "make"
Password:
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
cp rar unrar /usr/local/bin
cp rarfiles.lst /etc
cp default.sfx /usr/local/lib
[slackbox ~/rar] rar

RAR 3.41   Copyright (c) 1993-2004 Alexander Roshal   2 Nov 2004
Shareware version         Type RAR -? for help
Then just punch in "rar -?"
 
  


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