Ubuntu
file-roller package

Does not cooperate with unrar-free

Bug #39127 reported by Vassilis Pandis
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file-roller (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

I tried to extract a .rar archive, but I got the "unkown file format message". I then installed 'unrar-free'. It works OK from the command line, but .rar files still go as unrecognised formats as far as file-roller is concerned.

Dapper drake, file-roller 2.14.0-0ubuntu1, unrar-free 1:0.0.1-2

Tags: ubuntulove
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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote : Re: [Bug 39127] Does not cooperate with unrar-free

For that to work you need the 'rar' package from multiverse.

 status Rejected

Changed in file-roller:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote :

Yes, I know about rar. But according to http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/non-free/u/unrar-nonfree/unrar-nonfree_3.5.4-1/unrar.copyright rar is not free. While it is true that it is quite superior to unrar-free , I do not think that file-roller should only use rar. I don't know how file-roller handles the application choice, but I don't see why one would have to resort to the CLI because they chose to use a free package.

Ideal situation:
If unrar-free is present and unrar is not, then file-roller should use unrar-free.

If rar is present but unrar-free is not, use rar.

If unrar-free and unrar are present, ask which to use. Maybe with 'rar' being the default choice.

I think what I'm saying is quite reasonable, so I would appreciate it if this bug stayed open.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Reopening. If somebody wants to work on that he's welcome, that's not a priority for dapper though

Changed in file-roller:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Rejected → Unconfirmed
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in file-roller:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

do you still get the bug?

Changed in file-roller:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Bogdan Butnaru (bogdanb) wrote :

I've just tried opening a random rar I've got from the net. It works with unrar and rar-nonfree, but not with only rar-free. However, it may have been just an unsupported version of file.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Can you attach such a file to the bug?

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in file-roller:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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曹 文明 (caowm2001) wrote :

It can be solved by creating a symbol link
  cd /usr/bin/
  sudo ln -s unrar-free unrar
However I hope the file-roller's maintainer to solve it

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