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I have a couple of files made with Xara extreme (.xar) and I want to open them on Ubuntu 15.10 but Xara exteme is not available anymore on the repositories.

How do I open this files?

lapisdecor
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You can use the Open Source version of Xara Xtreme known as 'Xara Extreme for Linux' or Xaralx. This installs on Trusty Tahr as follows:

sudo apt-get install xaralx  xaralx-examples xaralx-svg

And in tests on my Trusty Tahr system this both imports and exports .xar files. Screenshot below demonstrating this:

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Interestingly enough while xaralx is available and works beautifully under Trusty Tahr it does not appear to be available in either Wily or the upcoming Xenial...

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andrew.46
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  • I tried but I'm using 15.10. Even downloaded the tar file from http://xaraxtreme.org/download.html but no luck running it. Is there another way? – lapisdecor Mar 04 '16 at 17:50
  • I end up installing it on a 14.04 machine and converted the files to png. – lapisdecor Mar 04 '16 at 18:41
  • Indeed, looks like Wily and xenial do not have xaralx, hopefully some keen person with a PPA will take up the challenge :) – andrew.46 Mar 04 '16 at 21:47