Which Linux tool shall I run to decompress/read .rar files


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    Which Linux tool shall I run to decompress/read .rar files

    Hi folks,

    I download following files;
    John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part1.rar
    John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part2.rar

    on;
    http://ebook.manboo.info/archives/li...ing-bible.html

    I don't have "WinRAR archive manager" here. Which Linux tool can I run to decompress/read the files. TIA

    Is there Open Source ebook/doc equivalent to "Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible' by Christopher Negus". Tks


    B.R.
    satimis

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    The tool is called 'unrar'. It is most likely in your distro's repositories.

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    Quote Originally Posted by E1PHOTON
    The tool is called 'unrar'. It is most likely in your distro's repositories.
    Noted with tks.

    Not in the repositories of CentOS 4.4. I'll try to read the files on FC6 box.

    satimis

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    Hi folks,

    FC6


    # yum search unrar
    Code:
    ....
    qcomicbook.x86_64                        0.3.4-1.fc6            installed       
    Matched from:
    QComicBook is a viewer for comic book archives: rar, cbr,
    zip, cbz, ace, cba,tar.gz, cbg, tar.bz2, cbb. QComicBook
    aims at convenience and simplicity. Features include:
    automatic decompression, full-screen mode, two pages mode,
    japanese mode, thumbnails view, page scaling and rotating,
    page preloading and caching, mouse or keyboard navigation,
    bookmarks etc.
    
    QComicBook requires zip/unzip, rar/unrar, tar with
    gzip+bzip2 support and unace to handle archives.
    No x86_64 version available.

    Installed "qcomicbook.x86_64" but can't read the .rar files.


    satimis

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    I am almost positive that the file you are trying to extract is in chm format, and QComicbook seem to be intended for compressed files that have pictures (usuallt comics or manga) in them. You will have to get unrar although I think is proprietary... If you do not mind that you will be fine.
    Last edited by mike_flow; 04-02-2007 at 01:37 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike_flow
    I am almost positive that the file you are trying to extract is in chm format, and QComicbook seem to be intended for compressed files that have pictures (usuallt comics or manga) in them. You will have to get unrar although I think is proprietary... If you do not mind that you will be fine.
    Hi mike and folks,

    I solved my problem as follows;

    # yum install gnochm

    $ unrar /path/to/
    John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part1.rar
    John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part2.rar
    (both files must be present)

    $ ls
    Code:
    ...
    John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eBook-LiB.chm
    ...
    # gnochm John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.chm

    to read the file.


    I'm still searching how to integrade unrar to qcomicbook.


    B.R.
    satimis

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    satimis, I believe you have not understood what mike_flow meant.

    QComicbook, as presented by mike_flow, can only read pictures. Most probably, it means 1 picture for 1 page. What it means by being able to read rar is to call unrar and then display the pictures inside the rar file.

    Unfortunately, your rar file decompresses to form chm files, which QComicbook cannot handle.
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