Alternative to fileroller

dive · 08-27-2006, 04:34 PM

Since Gnome is gone now does anyone know an alternative to fileroller? Specifically I want to open zips from firefox with a gui. Sometimes I only want to get a quick look at the readmes etc.

reddazz · 08-27-2006, 05:02 PM

If you are using KDE, then you can install ark. I am not sure if anything exists thats desktop neutral.

tuxdev · 08-27-2006, 05:03 PM

I like EmelFM or XFE for my GUI file management needs. You could try Konqueror, if you have KDE. Rox-filer is said to be a good file manager to, but I don't use it personally

dive · 08-27-2006, 06:42 PM

I also have EmelFM but I didn't realize it could open zips too. That's the way to go I think. Thanks.

*Edit: seems not to work from firefox or command like 'emelfm /tmp/xxx.zip'

tuxdev · 08-27-2006, 07:06 PM

EmelFM has the UNPACK plugin that will open zip files into /tmp, but as you have noticed, you will have to go to where the archive is and open it for it to work

dive · 08-27-2006, 08:14 PM

Looks like konqueror will work. I use flux but still have kdebase installed for some kde bits and bobs.

ciotog · 08-28-2006, 01:07 AM

Midnight Commander can browse zip files, and I would wager it's much faster than konqueror.

tuxdev · 08-28-2006, 01:35 PM

MC is great(gotta love ncurses), but not exactly GUI in the sense that it doesn't use X

dive · 08-28-2006, 01:42 PM

Yeah I'm really looking for something to use mouse in

tuxdev · 08-28-2006, 03:38 PM

Actually, ncurses plays nice with gpm and X where mouse usage is concerned

dive · 08-28-2006, 04:59 PM

Unfortunately the internal viewer will only list files in a zip. It doesn't allow to view one. At least not for me so far.

I've been using 'mc -v xxx.zip' command, so unless there is another way, or maybe an extension for zips, it doesn't seem to be what I need.

ciotog · 08-29-2006, 01:50 AM

Hmm... I guess I spoke too soon. mc can certainly browse zip files, but you need to start mc first and then press [Enter] on the zip file - as far as I can tell there's no way to exhibit this behaviour straight from the prompt.

gbonvehi · 08-29-2006, 02:15 AM

You may want to try this one: http://xarchiver.xfce.org/features.php

There are actually a lot of this kind of utilities, it's just a matter of searching on the www. The one I gave you the address up there is a "alive" project, and seems to meet your needs.

dive · 08-29-2006, 02:32 AM

Thanks thats a nice find. A simple GTK frontend. Most of ones I found needed gnome or had other problems.