Hi i need to extract a file (.rar) when i try it gives me this error “Pathname cannot be converted form UTF-16BE to current locale”
how i can fix this?
What happens if you give it a different path or file name? Does the problem still occur? What’s the name of the archive?
The file nane is mods.rar moving It or change the name gives the same result as before
Wath archiver do you use for extracting ?
Wath is your local ?
google knows more about this than i do: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/587
Sounds like you need to set locale. hth, remember next time that google is getting better all the time, all i did was copy the error message, so if this gets you moving skip the middleman next time. 
[quote=“crankypuss, post:5, topic:13384”]so if this gets you moving skip the middleman next time.[/quote]True enough but this way, people get to see errors they possibly never saw before. This way, knowledge gets shared. I never saw the error before. Everyone can take away something from it now. As long as the solution is marked, it’ll be a good point of reference.
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Thanks for all!
At the end of the file I wanted to extract was a file with a name in Russian text in the archive I deleted it and it was extracted without any problems
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Absolutely agree, but how’re you gonna find it without using search? Is the ubuntu-mate site that well organized? Serious question, i’m relatively new and kinda have tunnel vision with current project at the end, so i haven’t even thought about what-all is “here” that isn’t available on the wider internet and why or any of that stuff.
[quote=“crankypuss, post:8, topic:13384”]Is the ubuntu-mate site that well organized?[/quote]No, not particularly. A knowledge base functionality might resolve that. Not sure we have one, actually. 
You mean something like AskUbuntu?
[quote=“orschiro, post:10, topic:13384”]You mean something like AskUbuntu?[/quote]Actually, no. More something along the lines of a wiki.
I knew whether there was an ubuntu-mate wiki a few weeks ago, or was it a few days ago… i can see the search icon, but i haven’t used it today so i’m not sure what it does.
Well, I guess instead of creating a new Wiki, it’s wiser to contribute to the already excellent Arch Wiki with more content on MATE. Or did you refer to Ubuntu MATE specific content?
Arch is in many respects quite different from Ubuntu. The package manager alone is a different beast. But the fact base Arch is non-UI is also quite different. Manjaro (Arch based) is more like Ubuntu (whichever flavour) but even then, it is a rolling release. Which no Ubuntu flavour is. So, that’s wholly different as well.