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Unpacking RAR files
Posted: 20 Jan 2008, 08:10
by 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!
Posted: 20 Jan 2008, 09:07
by 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
Posted: 22 Jan 2008, 02:45
by tor
Hi,
There is a
unrar package available in Debian.
/Tor
Posted: 22 Jan 2008, 16:17
by 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
Posted: 22 Jan 2008, 17:40
by 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