RAR (Roshal ARchive) is a proprietary lossless compression format with the default file extension .rar.
Questions tagged [rar]
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Rar file extract is failed
I'm trying to extract a rar file is first time is opened then its closed and to reopen the file is failed." an error occured while loading the archive manager" this alert message displayed
praveen kumar
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I can not extract RAR file
I can not extract RAR file, I tried many tutorials that I found on the internet but no one work.
With right click, says it is not possible to finish extraction
with "unrar x", show this memsage
"Cannot open archive.rar No files to extract"
I…
Charles Bros
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How to extract RAR file containing files with Persian or Arabic name
I have several RAR file which contain several files including few with Persian names. I tried xarchiver software. I can open the archive but if I want to extract the file, it gives error without even extracting files without Persian name.
I tried…
Mostafa Ahangarha
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Need help extracting 280 rar files located within 280 folders
I hope this doesn't break rule 2.
I have a bunch of folders that all have a .rar in them and I need to extract all the files and place them in one directory. Is there an easier way to do this than by going into each directory individually?
what it…
ubuntnoob
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How to access a rar file without password
So I have this very, very old rar file that my uncle compressed. And now he has passed away. So the problem is, it has a password. He told me that the file is for me but he never told me the password. It is the only thing I have that reminds me of…
Lorem Ipsum
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How can I add new files to a split rar archive?
I created a .rar archive with the -v option, so it was split into several filename.part0X.rar files.
Now I need to add some new files to the archive from a subdirectory, but the command fails. I tried with:
rar a -r -t -v1024000k -m5…
jack008
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Unrar to a certain folder and then delete source folder
The following command works for unrar to extract an archive to a certain folder.
unrar e -r -o- /home/username/source/directory/*.rar /home/username/copy/extracted/to
Inside /home/username/source/directory there are some subdirectories with .rar…
Disgrace
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Can't install unrar to open .rar files: Connecting to www.rarlab.com (www.rarlab.com)|5.135.104.98|:80... connected
I want to open .rar file with unrar in Ubuntu 17.04.
So i tried these commands from this Link:
sudo apt-get install unrar
cd /tmp
wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.9.1.tar.gz
The output of the 3rd command:
--2017-11-01 20:02:38-- …
Sss
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Archiver/extracting similar to winrar?
Basically, I have been looking for an archiver/extracter/whatever you call it that is as good as winrar. Multiple part support, password support, GUI interface, easy to navigate, and basically everything that makes Winrar so awesome. I know Winrar…
MTMaster
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Unable to extract extracting .rar file?
I have installed unrar as:
sudo apt-get install unrar
I have a "html.rar" file.Now i am trying to extract using command :
unrar x html.rar
But it shows an error as given below:
html.rar is not RAR archive
No files to extract
How to overcome from…
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Why cant I type numbers in the Terminal window?
I recently installed Xubuntu...and it runs great...until I tried to install software using the Terminal window. Specifically...$ sudo apt-get install unrar. I downloaded .rar files and needed something to open them. After pressing enter, it then…
Dale Penney
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