Cant open RAR files with ark???

[wrender]

When I open a rar file with ark it is empty.

For openSUSE 11.1 I had to install a rar package but I do not know if it is the same thing for kubuntu because it said that the package was a 40 day shareware trial.

[Snowhog]

Re: Cant open RAR files with ark

Install the package unrar

You are correct, Ark doesn't open .rar files correctly.

[wrender]

Re: Cant open RAR files with ark

Works great! Thanks...


Am I the only one that thinks it is ridiculous that Ark does not ship with RAR support natively and even more ridiculous that Adept does not show the unrar package. Thus if one did not know to install synaptics and find unrar they would ...my mind hurts.

[sonofusion82]

Re: Cant open RAR files with ark

Am I the only one that thinks it is ridiculous that Ark does not ship with RAR support natively and even more ridiculous that Adept does not show the unrar package. Thus if one did not know to install synaptics and find unrar they would ...my mind hurts.

that can be separated to two problem:
1. ark should display a prompt that rar or unrar is not installed.
2. IANAL, but RAR is proprietary and it license is probably not quite compatible with GPL.

[Telengard]

Re: Cant open RAR files with ark

I cannot speak to the issue of GPL compatibility, but the UnRAR sourcecode is licensed freeware.

2. The UnRAR sources may be used in any software to handle RAR
archives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be used
to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary.
Distribution of modified UnRAR sources in separate form or as a
part of other software is permitted, provided that it is clearly
stated in the documentation and source comments that the code may
not be used to develop a RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver.