Unpacking RAR files

[Cros]

Hi!

I was wondering if there was any unpacking util that can unpack rar-files installed on the bubba, or if there is one I can install myself. I found one called unp that came recommended, but I couldn't find it in any repositories, so I was wondering if anyone else has a solution.

Cheers!

[Cheeseboy]

Edit: I have never tried unpacking rar files on the bubba, as it would be very slow. I have only used it to list files in rar files.

Hi Cros,

I downloaded unrar from Rarlab:

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wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrar-arm.tar.bz2

You will need bunzip2 to unpack it:

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apt-get install bzip2
bunzip2 unrar-arm.tar.bz2
tar -xvf unrar-arm.tar

Then copy the binary to a suitable location. It is compressed with directory structure /usr/local/bin

Cheers

Cheeseboy

[tor]

Hi,

There is a unrar package available in Debian.

/Tor

[Cheeseboy]

Oh,

I never looked as I thought it was proprietary to rarlab. I have even used that as an argument trying to convince people to stop using it...
Shame on me then...

/Cheeseboy

[Ubi]

It is proprietary

Except that rarlab makes a semi-free unrar package, and there is another gpl version based upon the source from an old version of rar.
Encoding rar files is still very much restricted though