can't open newer archives created with the latest version of Winrar.
Some have suggested replacing unrar with unrar-free. Unrar is based on Winrar from 2005, unrar-free...?
The only application (GUI) that can open these is Arc, but who wants to use Arc?
Xarchiver is hit or miss; most of the time it does not work on the newer archives.
What I have done: got a copy of UNRAR from the Winrar web site; it is available for Linux as a command-line utility. I copied it into my /usr/bin directory. I renamed unrar-free unrar-free.bak, and renamed the new version of unrar as unrar-free. It seems to be doing the job.
Just wondering if anyone, anywhere, is going to upgrade unrar to open the new file format. In researching this is has been about a year since the new archives started coming out, and any time anyone updates their Winrar they are using the new version to create archives.
[SOLVED...?]Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
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[SOLVED...?]Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
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I have travelled 37629424162.9 miles in my lifetime
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
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Re: Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
Not close at hand. Next time I run across one I will bookmark it.
I have travelled 37629424162.9 miles in my lifetime
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
Re: Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
Hi Arch_Enemy,
In addition to what you have already done, you can install "PeaZip" for Linux and use with rar and unrar.
Download link to PeaZip GTK2 version
https://osdn.net/dl/peazip/peazip_6.6.0 ... -2_all.deb
PeaZip for Linux x86-64 - Replace WinRar WinZip free
http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html
WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files
- link to download the newer Linux version
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Hope this helps ...
In addition to what you have already done, you can install "PeaZip" for Linux and use with rar and unrar.
Download link to PeaZip GTK2 version
https://osdn.net/dl/peazip/peazip_6.6.0 ... -2_all.deb
PeaZip for Linux x86-64 - Replace WinRar WinZip free
http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html
WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files
- link to download the newer Linux version
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Hope this helps ...
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Re: Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
I have PeaZip, but it's clunky like Ark. It does work, however. And I have the unrar from WinRar. It's a cmd line. But like I said, I subbed it for unrar-free by renaming them and having fewer issues. It doesn't happen very often anyway.phd21 wrote: ⤴Wed May 23, 2018 9:59 pm Hi Arch_Enemy,
In addition to what you have already done, you can install "PeaZip" for Linux and use with rar and unrar.
Download link to PeaZip GTK2 version
https://osdn.net/dl/peazip/peazip_6.6.0 ... -2_all.deb
PeaZip for Linux x86-64 - Replace WinRar WinZip free
http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html
WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files
- link to download the newer Linux version
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Hope this helps ...
I have travelled 37629424162.9 miles in my lifetime
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
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Re: [SOLVED...?]Arc, Engrampa, File-Roller, et al
Apparently, my substitution of unrar (official) for unrar-free seems to have had some results.
I still occasionally run into some issues, but they aren't very common. They weren't in the first place, but now the instances are down to ~0.
I still occasionally run into some issues, but they aren't very common. They weren't in the first place, but now the instances are down to ~0.
I have travelled 37629424162.9 miles in my lifetime
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.
One thing I would suggest, create a partition as a 50G partition as /. Partition the rest as /Home. IF the system fails, reinstall and use the exact same username and all your 'stuff' comes back to you.