Need help installing Linux rar

[Guest Chuck Yoghurt]

Hi everybody

 

I think this is fairly rudmentary..

 

I want to install linux rar. I downloaded the tar.gz and extracted it and I now have these files;

 

default.sfx* Makefile rarfiles.lst readme.txt whatsnew.txt

file_id.diz order.htm rar_static* technote.txt

license.txt rar* rar.txt unrar*

 

Only trouble is - I don't know what to do with them.. Anyone help me please? (No help in readme)

 

Chuck

[scarecrow 0]

Go into the directory you extracted the files (with konqueror), press F4 to open konsole, and type in

su

(provide root pass)

./Makefile

(Beware: case sensitive!)

 

Optionally, if you have a licence key, you can copy it to /etc to register rarlinux.

 

I guess you know rarlinux is CLI only (no gui) right?

[AussieJohn 2]

Why not save yourself all this drama when you can download an rpm called unrar. I think it is on PLFs website.

I use it often for music that is packaged in rar and it works like a dream.

 

Cheers. John

[jagwah 0]

Or just set up the repo's for PLF (or whatever), and just select it via MCC.

[Guest Chuck Yoghurt]

Yep. Thanks for your replies everybody. :D I tried this........

 

[# chmod a+rwxs Makefile

# ./Makefile

 

and I got this......

 

./Makefile: line 8: install:: command not found

./Makefile: line 9: PREFIX: command not found

./Makefile: line 10: PREFIX: command not found

./Makefile: line 11: PREFIX: command not found

./Makefile: line 13: PREFIX: command not found

 

Can you tell me why that is? :unsure:

[Patkos Csaba 0]

If you open Makefile you can see this:

PREFIX=/usr/local

 

install:

mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin

mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/lib

cp rar unrar $(PREFIX)/bin

cp rarfiles.lst /etc

cp default.sfx $(PREFIX)/lib

 

Just copy by hend the files specified there (last 3 lines).

[Guest Chuck Yoghurt]

Lovely thank you very much!

[scarecrow 0]

Doh! my mistake, sorry for that.

Instead of "./Makefile" you should simply run "make install" as root.

The binaries will be installed at /usr/local/bin which may not be desirable for some distros (for Mandriva its normal)- if you want them installed somewhere else, change the "PREFIX=/usr/local" line.