rar/unrar difficulties

[sjonnie48]

Because rar is not part of the Ubuntu packages I installed rar3.7.0 from Rarlab. But if I try to use rar or unrar I get this error message:

rar: /lib32/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by rar)

I would love to know in which package I can find this.

[jankushka]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

i'd suggest you remove the stuff you've downloaded.
instead, install the "rar" and "unrar" packages (through adept/synaptic/apt-get/...).
these packages are in the "multiverse" section of the repositories.
which you might need to enable in your repositories configuration.
hth.

[sjonnie48]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

I have gone through this before:

First step:

#apt-get install unrar
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
unrar
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/91.5kB of archives.
After unpacking 229kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package unrar.
(Reading database ... 74128 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking unrar (from .../unrar_1%3a3.5.4-0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up unrar (3.5.4-0.1) ...


Second step:

#apt-get install rar
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package rar is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package rar has no installation candidate


The difficulty is not unrar but rar. Where is rar?
That package is not available anywhere except when I choose for dependency hell.
And YES, I have Multiverse in my sources.list.

[jankushka]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

oh, all right, you're on amd64...
that may change things a little...
but, no, i can still find both of them...
unrar is v3.70 beta 3.
rar is v3.70 beta 1.
point your browser to your mirrors.
navigate to: dists -> feisty -> multiverse -> binary-amd64
you'll find a zipped packages text file.
in there you get the list of available packages for that section.
you could perhaps post your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
just to check that everything is as it should be.

fyi, my (swiss mirrors) sources.list file looks as follows:

deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty main restricted universe multiverse

deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse

[jankushka]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

and you're still using dapper...
sorry, sorry, sorry...
forget everything i posted earlier.
that's for feisty, of course.
there's no rar in dapper amd64.
so, yes you'll likely will have to download the bloody thing...
and yes dapper has libc v6 (just like the rest of the world).
while your code seems to require the older libc.
you could (maybe) get around it by symbolic linking libc to libc6.
i wouldn't try to keep both the older and the newer libc installed together...

so...kind of wild guessing:

sudo -i
cd /lib32
ln -s libc-2.5.so libc-2.4.so

let me know.
sorry again.

[sjonnie48]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

I have been thinking about going Feisty, but it's the limited support time that holds me from it.
However thnx for your efforts!

[jankushka]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

no, problems.
sorry for the version mess...
have a go with the symbolic link thing, though.
it's nothing dangerous.
it could actually do the trick.

as for upgrading...i understand your point.
you could try and start a new thread with your systems' specs, your requirements, ...
and ask amd64 users for upgrading experience/advices.

cheers.

[sjonnie48]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

Although you might think that I'm running an AMD machine, nothing is less true.
I was running a 64-bit version on an Intel D935, now I have installed the 32-bit version of feisty

[jankushka]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

it's that i saw this

Unpacking unrar (from .../unrar_1%3a3.5.4-0.1_amd64.deb) ...

in your post and that kinda points to your running on amd 64bits...
no big deal.
found what you were looking for, now, have you?

[sjonnie48]

Re: rar/unrar difficulties

Yes! Rar/unrar works fine. More question will appear in the FF Forum 8)