Expanding RAR files help

[maniacrobbins]

I'm using ubuntu with a PPC PowerBook and I need to know a good program to unarchive files (especially RAR). UnArchiver (or whatever program comes with Ubuntu) doesn't work along with XArchiver. they both say tha the file format is not supporeted. Can any suggest another RAR expanding program?

Thanx

Dave

[renzokuken]

sudo apt-get install unrar

then the right click "extract here" will work fine as will the default GUI archiver

[maniacrobbins]

thanx. thats works

[AGSzabo]

there is no "unrar" package. its not free. there is only an "unrar-free" package but that cannot handle rar 3.0 archives.

btw, what to install so that even LHA files can be unpacked with "extract here"?

[renzokuken]

7-zip may be? i think its available for linux

[AGSzabo]

there is no such thing as 7-zip in the synaptic manager.

[renzokuken]

just because its not in Synaptic, doesnt mean it doesnt exist......

you can get it from www.7-zip.org/download.html , you'll just have to install it yourself

there is a debian package available at the bottom, you can install it using

sudo dpkg -i name_of_file.deb

alternatively look here http://www.linux.org/apps/AppId_476.html

[darrenm]

sudo apt-get install rar

you need the multiverse repo enabled.

then type rar e filename.rar

[maniacrobbins]

People. I got this. If you want to discuss in here, go ahead, but I HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT. Renzokuken told me on the second post. thanx anyway though.

[maniacrobbins]

People. I got this. If you want to discuss in here, go ahead, but I HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT. Renzokuken told me on the second post. thanx anyway though.