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brawnypandora0
July 20th, 2011, 10:06 AM
I downloaded a video .rar file. When I right click "Extract" I get a message that says:

An error occurred! Please check the 'Store Archiver Output' option to see it.

What does this mean? How do I fix it?
frankbooth
July 20th, 2011, 12:14 PM
Might sound stupid, but...

Do you have unrar installed? :-k
jtarin
July 20th, 2011, 01:18 PM
Might sound stupid, but...

Do you have unrar installed? :-kNo it's not stupid to have unrar installed.:P
brawnypandora0
July 20th, 2011, 08:27 PM
What do you mean?
cjazz
July 20th, 2011, 08:33 PM
Um, did you actually check the "Store Archiver Output" option and view the error, as suggested?
jtarin
July 20th, 2011, 10:15 PM
Using a terminal change to the directory your .rar file is stored.
Once in the directory issue the command
unrar e <filename>now your terminal will show any error encountered.Post full error here.
Is this a multi-part archive?
brawnypandora0
July 22nd, 2011, 11:10 PM
Using a terminal change to the directory your .rar file is stored.
Once in the directory issue the command
unrar e <filename>now your terminal will show any error encountered.Post full error here.
Is this a multi-part archive?

~ $ unrar e smith

UNRAR 3.90 beta 2 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Alexander Roshal

Cannot open smith.rar
No such file or directory
No files to extract


It's still not working.
brawnypandora0
July 22nd, 2011, 11:18 PM
Um, did you actually check the "Store Archiver Output" option and view the error, as suggested?

Where do I find that option?
jtarin
July 23rd, 2011, 01:22 AM
~ $ unrar e smith

UNRAR 3.90 beta 2 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Alexander Roshal

Cannot open smith.rar
No such file or directory
No files to extract


It's still not working.Let's say your file you want to extract is on the Desktop. In a terminal you would type
cd DesktopOnce you are there type the command
lsthis will list all files on the Desktop....do you see your file listed?
If yes issue the .rar command I gave....if not you either don't have the file or you have placed it somewhere else. Pay attention to error messages.....that's what they are for.
Try to be a little more intuitive. If it says it's not there......it's not there.
Make sure you type the file name correctly.
If everything is done accordingly it should extract.....if not you might have a corrupted file or one that needs a password.