Lärs Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 So, being a Neverwinter Nights fan, I downloaded the Community Expansion Pack from Bioware. Trouble is, I downloaded a RAR archive. I decided to download the program called "unrar" from sourceforge. I did make and I did get some warnings, but it worked out ok. I did make install, and it did indeed install. When I went to unrar my archive, I got a bunch of errors. The directories extracted fine, but not a single file was extracted. So here's my question, is there a reliable software for unzipping rar files in Linux? I'm looking for something easy to install under Mandrake 10.1 that actually works. I appreciate all feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 In this case, I use: - unrar OR - 7za (from 7zip site) OR - 7-zip for Windows under Wine Wish it can help you, Theo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lärs Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) Wow, I'm such an idiot :P . I've used 7-Zip under windows, bah! I didn't know it was also for *nix hahah. Oh well, I suppose one can say there is power in sourceforge. What an amazing concept . Edited April 13, 2005 by Lärs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Just a remark: 7-zip for Linux is (actually) only available in command lines. But rules like a charm anyway :) I don't recommand one or another one ... When I have to unrar, first I do this with the unrar tool. In your context, there is a problem. Then I can recommand you to try with 7za (7-zip). For GUI guy, I have to recommand to install 7zip under wine! It was easy for me then I imagine that it will be for you! (I don't have use 7zip under wine till now, it was just for my pleasure ^^) Enjoy, Theo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lärs Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 Ah it's not so hard, I've been using command lines since the MS-DOS days, so that won't be a problem for me. But the GUI version of 7-zip is very attractive as well. I'll probably end up trying both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I have installed 'unrar' and unpack rar files using Ark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaschtroumpf Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I have installed 'unrar' and unpack rar files using Ark. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I do the same, except Ark doesn't seem to automatically know what kind of archive the RAR files are, so I always have to choose RAR from the drop down list. Is there a way to make it recognize it and bypass the drop down list? (still using mdk 10.0 if it makes a difference) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Just a remark: 7-zip for Linux is (actually) only available in command lines. But rules like a charm anyway :) Ark 2.5 (included in KDE 3.4) handles fine both rar and 7-zip archives, provided that the commandline binaries are somewhere at the system path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 now if only I could find something other than unace from the cli for ace archives. oh well. Thanks for the tip on using ark in 3.4 been on 3.4 for a litle while now, but I was so used to it not working that I didn't even check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 now if only I could find something other than unace from the cli for ace archives. oh well. You aren't a Krusader fan, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Honestly, never heard of it. I'l lookit up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 It's a darn good dualpane filemanager for KDE... at least now that its bugs are mostly gone. Included in contrib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 (edited) Krusader is very nice :) Brings back memories of FAR and Total Commander p.s. ark+unrar+unace worked on the default 10.1 installation for me, so I think it's safe to assume that it works with KDE 3.2.3 too (the ark version which comes with it) Edited April 20, 2005 by solarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tl017 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Hi Lärs, why unrar? You could also use rar: with "rar e" you can extract rar archives. I use it for years and it works fine. tl017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I can't speak for lars, but for me, I don't have the command rar on my system. I di9dn't bother to install it, since looking at tarballls you can't tell that rar will unrar also, and I would NEVER package something in a rar file. Frankly, I would never package anything in any of the less common formats. Anyone who tries to distribute files in a 7zip, ace or rar archive, needs to rethink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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