rar files and linux

[caveman_nige]

what free app is best used to umpack rar files in linux... namely ubuntu 9.04 and Opensuse 11.0

Thanks

[20clarky08]

if you know how to use a terminal then enter

sudo apt-get install p7zip unrar rar

then enter you password, the default GNOME archive manager can now handle rar's mate

[caveman_nige]

will give that a try... however is there not an app that can be downloaded etc?

[red devil]

if you know how to use a terminal then enter

sudo apt-get install p7zip unrar rar

then enter you password, the default GNOME archive manager can now handle rar's mate

hmm i was at this also last week and it wouldnt work on ubuntu 9.04 and its a new original disc, any other suggestions m8
thanks

ok im gettin this

home@desktop-linux:~$ sudo apt-get install p7zip unrar rar
[sudo] password for home:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package p7zip is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package p7zip has no installation candidate

so im guessin its not there

[beady]

You won't need p7zip for rar files. Just unrar for uncompression, so

sudo aptitude install unrar

should do the job.
I'm not using Ubuntu, so it might be named slightly differently, but

 aptitude search unrar

should give you the actual package name.

[pothead]

abit late i know but heres winrar for linux

To install, simply extract this archive to a place such as your desktop. Then download a Windows WinRAR installer such as wrar371.exe (although you should download the lastest version). Copy this .exe into the WinRAR Installers directory. Now open up a terminal window and change directory to the on that this ReadMe.txt is in and run 'WinRAR.sh' or depending on your version of Linux, you might just be able to double click on WinRAR.sh and it will start. Click the Install button and select the version of WinRAR you would like to install from the list and click the Install button. Hopefully a message will appear saying that it is now installed. Click the OK button and then click Run from the main menu. WinRAR will now start!

Deposit Files

[kari]

use Synaptic Package Manager click find and write unrar, mark it and install

[chmod-uk]

you've probably only got the cdrom repositories selected, open synaptic and select all the other sources in the repository.

[win32]

Hello , how to install RAR (Archiver)

sudo apt-get install rar
sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unra

[ilac]

use Synaptic Package Manager click find and write unrar, mark it and install

unrar is only decompression

[hackhain]

unrar is only decompression

Synaptic Package Manager(SPM) can catch easily what he needs. Enter in search box 'rar' in S.P.M. Then Mark unrar, ark (optionally p7zip-full) check boxes. That's all.

PS.These package names are based in Karmic(9.10) Ubuntu. Other distros may call them with another name.

[hrabe]

the best sw for me is unrar...

[jeff114]

You can use ark under KDE with unrar.

jeff

[hinko]

hmm i was at this also last week and it wouldnt work on ubuntu 9.04 and its a new original disc, any other suggestions m8
thanks

ok im gettin this

home@desktop-linux:~$ sudo apt-get install p7zip unrar rar
[sudo] password for home:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package p7zip is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package p7zip has no installation candidate

so im guessin its not there

As the error says, p7zip is not a recognized package name for ubuntu. Otoh, rar and unrar probably are. Above command line should work if p7zip is ommited, and is also not needed for rar handling..

[zsolty_szasz]

You can also install wine+winrar if you like more winrar from windows.