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104730	2002-12-10 04:43:00	Heres the error produced when SuSE8 tries to open a .rar file using ARK Sorry, the utility rar is not in your PATH. Please install it or contact your system administrator. (Isn't it cool how we can copy the error messages?) Anyway a freind of mine on a windows box sent me a whole pile of photos as a single .rar file. My doze box said "what" and Sam the linux box said the above error. What does this error mean, and what can i do to make my SuSE box able to open the .rar file? .Clueless	Clueless (181)
104731	2002-12-10 04:57:00	Either you have not got rar installed, or it's installed and not in your path. :D I would have thought it would be installed by default. Try these until you either find it or decide it's not there: echo $PATH apropos rar which rar locate rar find / -name rar If you haven't got it, I'm sure it will be on one of your stack of CDs.	Graham L (2)
104732	2002-12-10 04:58:00	Either you have not got rar installed, or it's installed and not in your path. :D I would have thought it would be installed by default. Try these until you either find it or decide it's not there: echo $PATH apropos rar which rar locate rar find / -name rar If you haven't got it, I'm sure it will be on one of your stack of CDs.	Graham L (2)
104733	2002-12-10 05:06:00	You can get WinRAR for the other OS. Try PC World's download area. The double posting happened.:D I got an error on the first Post, so I switched to Preview, and posted from there.	Graham L (2)
104734	2002-12-10 05:10:00	I probably should have mentioned that SuSE knew to open ARK to deal with .rar files, and that ARK has options for making .rar files (whatever they are, i only assume it is a file compression of some sort) anyways.. having a look at the options of Grahams reply now...... .Clueless	Clueless (181)
104735	2002-12-10 05:16:00	Aha. ARK is probably a programme which handles archive (how do I guess that / ;-)) things, and it will in the *nix style pass jobs to other programmes, such as rar, bzip2, compress, gzip ... to do compression. rar won't be part of it. Anyway, ARK has done what it can and now get upset because it can't find rar. rar is a compression utility ... came out in the 80s. I've never bothered with it, because zip has been pretty well the industry standard since about 1985.	Graham L (2)
104736	2002-12-10 05:21:00	OK, heres the responce from all that (its a bit scary, but doesn't seem to tell me anything useful, please excuse the gap on the bottom, i have a sticky enter key, Sam was built largely from scrap . ) sam:~ # which rar sam:~ # apropos rar auto_mkindex_old (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures tcl_startOfPreviousWord (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdr_wrapstring (3) - library routines for external data representation fts_close (3) - traverse a file hierarchy xprt_unregister (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_vector (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_bytes (3) - library routines for external data representation clnt_call (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls mm (3) - Shared Memory Library hosts_access (3) - access control library svcerr_weakauth (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls pmap_rmtcall (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svc_getreq (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_inline (3) - library routines for external data representation iwidgets::hierarchy (n) [hierarchy] - Create and manipulate a hierarchy widget xdr_rejected_reply (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls hierarchy (n) - Create and manipulate a hierarchy widget clnt_perrno (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_double (3) - library routines for external data representation NWCallsInit (3ncp) - initializes NCP library xdr_authunix_parms (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_free (3) - library routines for external data representation auto_load (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures aoss (1) - Wrapper script to facilitate use of the ALSA OSS compatibility library . clntraw_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_union (3) - library routines for external data representation db_thread (3) - using threads in the DB library . xdr_accepted_reply (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_getpos (3) - library routines for external data representation Convert::ASN1 (3pm) - ASN . 1 Encode/Decode library tcl_startOfNextWord (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdrrec_skiprecord (3) - library routines for external data representation perlclib (1) - Internal replacements for standard C library functions svc_run (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls authunix_create_default (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls authnone_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls db_intro (3) - the DB library overview and introduction mktemp (1) - make temporary file name (unique) xdrmem_create (3) - library routines for external data representation libxml (4) - library used to parse XML files tmpnam (3) - create a name for a temporary file XSLoader (3pm) - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code xdr_u_short (3) - library routines for external data representation svcraw_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_opaque_auth (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls File::Temp (3pm) - return name and handle of a temporary file safely pmap_unset (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_pointer (3) - library routines for external data representation 1 Convert::ASN1 (3pm) [Convert::ASN1] - ASN . 1 Encode/Decode library svc_destroy (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls auth_destroy (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_geterr (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svctcp_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls LWP::Debug (3pm) - debug routines for the libwww-perl library GDBM_File (3pm) - Perl5 access to the gdbm library . auto_execok (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures svcerr_auth (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls LWP (3pm) - The World-Wide Web library for Perl xdr_callhdr (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_array (3) - library routines for external data representation libsensors (3) - publically accessible functions provided by the sensors library svcerr_decode (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clntudp_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls undocumented (3) - undocumented library functions svcerr_noproc (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svcudp_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_sperrno (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_bool (3) - library routines for external data representation svc_getcaller (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdrstdio_create (3) - library routines for external data representation clnt_freeres (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls tcl_endOfWord (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures smiInit (3) [smi_config] - SMI library configuration routines xdr (3) - library routines for external data representation MM (3) [mm] - Shared Memory Library pmap_getmaps (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls fts_read (3) - traverse a file hierarchy clnt_pcreateerror (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdrrec_create (3) - library routines for external data representation fts_set (3) - traverse a file hierarchy fts (3) - traverse a file hierarchy auto_reset (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures svcerr_systemerr (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdrrec_eof (3) - library routines for external data representation svc_unregister (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls zlib (3) - compression/decompression library svc_sendreply (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls ldd (1) - print shared library dependencies library (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdr_float (3) - library routines for external data representation find (1) - search for files in a directory hierarchy xprt_register (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls rarp (8) - manipulate the system RARP table tcl_findLibrary (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdr_short (3) - library routines for external data representation callrpc (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls fam (3x) - File Alteration Monitor (FAM) library routines xdrrec_endofrecord (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_pmaplist (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_enum (3) - library routines for external data representation tcl_wordBreakBefore (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures svc_register (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls Tk::HList (3pm) - Create and manipulate Tix Hierarchial List widgets Math::BigInt (3pm) - Arbitrary size integer math package auto_mkindex (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures svcerr_noprog (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_broadcast (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnttcp_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_control (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svc_freeargs (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_long (3) - library routines for external data representation libsmi (3) - library to access SMI management information xdr_opaque (3) - library routines for external data representation pmap_getport (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls Compress::Zlib (3pm) - Interface to zlib compression library none (3) [undocumented] - undocumented library functions fts_children (3) - traverse a file hierarchy smi_config (3) - SMI library configuration routines xdr_int (3) - library routines for external data representation registerrpc (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls tempnam (3) - create a name for a temporary file auto_import (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdr_reference (3) - library routines for external data representation uselib (2) - select shared library get_myaddress (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls Term::ReadLine::Gnu (3pm) - Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library pam (5) - portable arbitrary map file format pth-config (1) - Pth library build utility parray (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures xdr_pmap (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls netpbm (1) - package of graphics manipulation programs and libraries xdr_string (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_setpos (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_u_char (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_destroy (3) - library routines for external data representation clnt_destroy (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svc_getreqset (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_sperror (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clnt_spcreateerror (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls anytopnm (1) - convert an arbitrary type of image file to PBM, PGM, or PPM clnt_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls authunix_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls Math::BigFloat (3pm) - Arbitrary length float math package DynaLoader (3pm) - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code dl_error(), dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), dl_load_flags(), bootstrap() - routines used by DynaLoader modules rpc (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_u_long (3) - library routines for external data representation tcl_wordBreakAfter (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures fts_open (3) - traverse a file hierarchy stdio (3) - standard input/output library functions clnt_perror (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls xdr_callmsg (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svc_getargs (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls clntudp_bufcreate (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls mkstemp (3) - create a unique temporary file pmap_set (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls mm-config (1) - MM library configuration/build utility intro (3) - Introduction to library functions ExtUtils::Liblist (3pm) - determine libraries to use and how to use them tmpfile (3) - create a temporary file xdr_u_int (3) - library routines for external data representation xdr_replymsg (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls svcudp_bufcreate (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls bc (1) - An arbitrary precision calculator language xdr_char (3) - library routines for external data representation mkdtemp (3) - create a unique temporary directory svcfd_create (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls hier (7) - Description of the file system hierarchy dc (1) - an arbitrary precision calculator xdr_void (3) - library routines for external data representation svcerr_progvers (3) - library routines for remote procedure calls mktemp (3) - make a unique temporary file name auto_qualify (n) - standard library of Tcl procedures XtVaCreateArgsList (3x) - dynamically allocate a varargs list Xft (3x) - X FreeType interface library gluScaleImage (3x) - scale an image to an arbitrary size XFT (3x) [Xft] - X FreeType interface library XClearArea (3x) - clear area or window mkdirhier (1x) - makes a directory hierarchy "gluScaleImage (3x) [gluScaleImage] - scale an image to an arbitrary size citron (4) - Citron Infrared Touch Driver (CiTouch) Xau library: XauFileName (3x) [XauFileName] - X authority database routines gnome-config (1) - GNOME libraries and component information retrieval . sam:~ # locate rar bash: locate: command not found sam:~ # find / -name rar sam:~ # echo $PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/opt/gnome/bin sam:~ #	Clueless (181)
104737	2002-12-10 05:31:00	Nothing useful? It tells us that you haven't got rar. :D Do you use RPM files to install packages? Anyway, if you do "rar linux download" to google, you'll find a suitable version. It will be pretty small.	Graham L (2)
104738	2002-12-10 05:42:00	It seems that rar is shareware, so you haven't got it. It's about $35 US, after a trial period. unrar is free. Go for that one.	Graham L (2)
104739	2002-12-10 06:32:00	i searched with Yast2 and found unrar was on the pile of CDs but the catch is it's "allready installed" so i'm replacing it with itself, seeing it seems a little disfuntional... well that achieved nothing! it still doesnt work. same error i thinks i will uninstall unrar and ask my freind to send files as a 'zipped" file or as seperate pix .Clueless	Clueless (181)
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