I'm having problems un compressing files in Linux that un compress just fine under Windows 10 with winzip.
I've tried 4 different programs, Archive Manager, Engrampa Archive Manager, xarchiver and P7ZIP 16.02 [64-bit].
With Archive Manager, Engrampa Archive Manager and xarchiver I get these errors.
With P7ZIP 16.02 [64-bit] it shows no files to un compress.
The same files un compress just fine under Windows so they are not corrupt.
How do I fix this problem?
Thanks.
Rar is pretty proprietary–and not supported under Engrampa. Apparently one has to pay a licensing fee–but the developer makes uncompress-only clients available for free.
Have you tried RARLAB’s official package for Linux? It is available here:
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrar_5.2.5-0.1_amd64.deb
It may also be in official repositories, or you could install manually.
The first photo shows you’re trying to unzip files in / if that’s the case , you need root access.
What is the program called?
When I installed it it said it was available in the repositories and suggested it be installed there but did not say the name of the program. How do I launch it? When I right click on a rar file I don’t see any new choices for programs to use with the file.
UNRAR There are two versions in the repositories one free and one non-free. Both are older than the version on the website.
Manually installing files from debs is, for me at least, a last resort because it can break update dependencies. However, you are unlikely to ever have another program depend on this one.
Have you eliminated @pavlov_kairis comment as a cause? That is a good catch to notice the directory in the screenshot. None of the archive programs would work if they do not have write access to the directory.
I think I have that one and it does not work.
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