unarchiving rar files...

**mindblast** · 01-19-2006

Ok... for the beggining, i use debian 3.1 sarge and unrar package is not free. I downloaded the unrar-free package and try install it. I found that i need a newer version of libc6. I wasn't able to find, and i get an ubuntu version of libc6. I've install it, install unrar-free and dosen't work. Failed at unraring files. I tryed this on more archives, so is not because the archive is broked. i remembered of ark for kde and install it. When i try to open an .rar file, i'm getting the folowing message:

the utility unrar is not in your PATH. Please install it or contact your system administrator.

what should i do? thanks in advance.

**marlowe** · 01-19-2006

do

Code:

which unrar

and then

Code:

echo PATH=$PATH:/path/to/unrar

**GNOME_n00b** · 01-19-2006

install the 'rar' package too.

**spoon!** · 01-20-2006

add non-free to your sources (i.e. main contrib non-free) and do

Code:

apt-get install unrar

then extract archives with "unrar x"

**mindblast** · 01-20-2006

nothing worked... If is not a free version, i don't think i'm abble to download it... rar package dosen't exist.

**spoon!** · 01-21-2006

By "non-free" it just means that it is not under a free software (no freedom to modify source code, etc.) license; but the stuff there are all open-source and freely distributable and usable.

**mindblast** · 01-21-2006

Oh... sorry. Thanks. Now is working.

**uniquegeek** · 02-03-2007

Thanks for the info guys, I was having this problem too, on Kubuntu 6.06 using Ark. A simple

Code:

sudo apt-get install unrar

did it for me.

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