Yellow Dog Linux

plz help me i am new as are most, i have downloaded a rar file and i can not for the life of me unrar it, what command line should i use to unrar said file. THANKS

You *might* be able to install unrar by clicking on this link and opening in software installer:
http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora ... n6.ppc.rpm

Once installed, rar files will be handled by the archive manager, or you can use unrar from the command line.

If you get a "missing dependency" then the easiest way to install it would be to follow the "How to Install Software" guide here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3017
(it's a bit of reading and a little work, but once you've done it you'll have many more applications available)

Thank you very much for the help, however when i use the command line unrar e file.rar i keep getting a message sayin no such file or directory, and archive manager says it could not open file. I will however download from the link and try that.

spearchucker01 wrote:Thank you very much for the help, however when i use the command line unrar e file.rar i keep getting a message sayin no such file or directory, and archive manager says it could not open file. I will however download from the link and try that.

Since this is unix, try unrar e ./file.rar

The ./ means look in the current directory. Otherwise, try a full path to the file. (e.g. /home/username/file.rar)

Cheers,
Paul

so if the file was in my home directory how should the code look and where will it unrar to, as i need to unrar several files to make one file if u see what i mean.

spearchucker01 wrote:so if the file was in my home directory how should the code look and where will it unrar to, as i need to unrar several files to make one file if u see what i mean.

Well - if you use ./ you don't have to know the full home directory path. You just cd to wherever you downloaded the file, and use ./

Otherwise, cd to the file, and use the pwd to tell exactly what the directory is.

I can't tell you your home directory name, since the folder is named after your login. So - if your login is bob, then your home directory is (generally) /home/bob

Unfortunately, I don't use rar or unrar, so I can't help much beyond that. However - Linux has a built-in help system. Use the man command for more about rar: man unrar should get you going.

Cheers,
Paul

so i tried unrar e./file.rar and got a long list of switches what now????

spearchucker01 wrote:so i tried unrar e./file.rar and got a long list of switches what now????

You need a space between e and ./file.rar

Cheers,
Paul

back again starting to get frustrated now. heres what i put i will include the filename so you can see what i am trying to do. a changed directory to the directory where the file is and typed unrar e ./[FILE NAME DELETED].rar and i get the same message cannot open file.rar no such file or directory.

spearchucker01 wrote:back again starting to get frustrated now. heres what i put i will include the filename so you can see what i am trying to do. a changed directory to the directory where the file is and typed unrar e ./[FILE NAME DELETED].rar and i get the same message cannot open file.rar no such file or directory.

Hmm - weird. Okay - let me take a look at unrar and see if there's anything else you need to do.

Cheers,
Paul

still having no luck, starting to think its never going to work. Same message every time.

Hiya!

There's a page about unrar here:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/open-rar-f ... x-or-unix/

Perhaps that might help. If you're doing everything correctly, there's a possibility your archive is corrupt. Have you tried other RAR files? Or tried that archive on another computer?

Cheers,
Paul

im having the same problem i been searching for about 3 hours for some kind of advice in this but seems like no one wants to give it a shot with a little help.