.rar files and ubuntu 10.10

[97tbird]

So I have some .rar (avi) files and can't seem to extract/play them... i installed the program called "rar" in Ubuntu but that didn't help either ...

what other programs are there for Ubuntu?
and after installing whatever program, do i right click on the file and select 'extract here'? (that's what I did after installing 'rar', but didn't work, it just gave me the window showing that it was extracting but nothing happened...

any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[97prizm]

The best program to use is something called UNRAR. Install that and then follow the prompts. I added a link UNRAR how to

Once you installed that type unrar x filename.rar Check out the link if you have any further questions,

Malcolm

 

[97tbird]

Thanks.
but link doesn't go to what you said.

 

[greenaccord02]

Open synaptic and search "unrar" then install it. unrar-free may not work, you want just regular unrar. If that choice doesn't appear you may need to install the medibuntu repositories. Google will help there.

 

[SrDriver]

Using Synaptic Package Manager download and install p7zip-full that should do the trick.

Supports 7z, ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO & DEB archives.

 

[Scorch]

+1 on 7zip!

 

[uc50ic4more]

97tird - As I understand it, there is a free, open source program to open .rar files BUT it is always a version or so behind the official format; probably due to the fact that it has to be reverse-engineered. Ubuntu does include the non-free unrar program; but all of open- and closed-source rar programs are command line. They can be used, however, by GUI programs like 7-zip, file-roller and xarchiver.

 

[97tbird]

Thanks guys - using the x archiver right now - will report on results soon

 

[97tbird]

It worked

Thanks, everyone