3lade Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 How can I uncompress .rar files. It looks like ark can do it but it claims the rar function is not installed, anyone know where to get it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acuss Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 try this http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.2.0.tar.gz[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 urpmi unrar assuming you have done your urpmi resources setup (see config page on my site) and while you're at it: urpmi unace usage: unrar e file.rar or unrar x file.rar On a side note, since I like to download and keep the rpm's that get installed, I use: urpmi --noclean programnamehere then I can find the rpm's in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ in case I want to install them on another pc or burn them to discs I pass to friends who don't have broadband (together with Mdk9.1 install discs, so they have all they need). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 then I can find the rpm's in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ in case I want to install them on another pc or burn them to discs I pass to friends who don't have broadband (together with Mdk9.1 install discs, so they have all they need). and my updates CD with the horrible README file that I need to change, of course! (check the downloads section ;-) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lade Posted July 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 I have managed to install the unrar rpm from plf and got it to work from the konsole. I just like my gui interface and wondered about getting ark to do the job for me (thats why I have a mouse, or so Mr. Gates led me to believe) No offence tyme but I tried your download update cd and it kept pausing on me and not completing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 Hmm, so ark doesn't find your unrar binary..? Maybe there is a way to configure ark, where you can indicate the location of the binary. To find the location: which unrar or whereis unrar Maybe ark has a config file in your homedir, .ark Personally, I don't know, I have never used it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jerome187 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 urpmi unrar assuming you have done your urpmi resources setup (see config page on my site) and while you're at it: urpmi unace usage: unrar e file.rar or unrar x file.rar On a side note, since I like to download and keep the rpm's that get installed, I use: urpmi --noclean programnamehere then I can find the rpm's in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ in case I want to install them on another pc or burn them to discs I pass to friends who don't have broadband (together with Mdk9.1 install discs, so they have all they need). I'm using mandrake 9.1 and urpmi unrar or unace dosent work. are there any rpm's aviable for 9.1 so i can unpack rar files? unace isnt important to me, just unrar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGuy© Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Content of RPM unrar-3.20-1plf.i586.rpm : /usr/bin/unrar /usr/share/doc/unrar-3.20 /usr/share/doc/unrar-3.20/license.txt /usr/share/doc/unrar-3.20/readme.txt Description : The unrar program is used to uncompress .rar format archives, which were somewhat popular on DOS based machines. http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?idpl=57293...f.i586.rpm.html You want this one from the download section for 9.1, there is 3 to choose from there. ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/plf.zarb.org/p...0-1plf.i586.rpm I'm using mandrake 9.1 and urpmi unrar or unace dosent work. are there any rpm's aviable for 9.1 so i can unpack rar files? unace isnt important to me, just unrar. In order to have urpmi do it for you, you have to have the ftp source setup, and updated first. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Ark will use rar instead of unrar. So you can install rar-3.20 for Linux by downloading from www.rarlab.com. Extract, su, and type make to complete the installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swipe Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Even easier, install file-roller from install packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 I was told by other folks that file-roller does not work, perhaps it was some compatibility problem still existed. Just grab rar for Linux in case it is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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