open winrar files [solved]

[antonis_wrx]

What should I install to open rar files with ark? I get the following error message:

The utility unrar is not on your PATH. Please install it or contact your system admninstrator. I try downloading from rpmdrake the unrar-3.50 but I it is unable to download it...

[Aomighty]

If you have urpmi set up, you can just "urpmi unrar" and urpmi "rar" likewise.

[arctic]

Yes, set up software mirrors with the easyurpmi link at the top of the page and install the packages. I must state however that in the past, I had encountered some rar packages that still could not be extracted, but I hope the new unrar version fixed that.

[scarecrow]

Or get the tarball from rarlabs, and put the files at a path- say /usr/bin

The packer will work even without a licence after the 30 days trial- but with some delay.

[Gul Dukat]

Configuring urpmi and installing rargui and/or xarchive should do the trick. You can use both with a graphical interface. I know rargui also handles password-encrypted rar-files and I thought the latest xarchive does the same. I use both of them and I'am very pleased about them.

[antonis_wrx]

[root@localhost antonis]# urpmi unrar

 

ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandra...102plf.i586.rpm

...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 19 or signal 0

 

Installation failed, some files are missing:

ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandra...102plf.i586.rpm

You may want to update your urpmi database

 

...retrieving failed: curl: (19) Given file does not exist

 

any ideas?

[dexter11]

Update your urpmi database by:

urpmi.update -a

[scarecrow]

Either try again, or change urpmi repo. Also, if you are behind a router and curl fails (for whatever reason) to connect properly, you can substitute curl with wget- just read the urpmi documentation.

Edited November 26, 2005 by scarecrow

[antonis_wrx]

ok. Thanks, it worked fine aftter uprmi.update -a