compressed files

[danielfm123]

there is no "extract to" conntext for rar and ace
ace files has nice icons, but not configured with ark

[Nirvana]

Re: compressed files

Have you tried just opening it instead of right clicking?

[mikeycal]

Re: compressed files

In order to open RAR compressed files under ubuntu with ARK, you need to

apt-get install unrar-free

from universe.

[danielfm123]

Re: compressed files

still dont work

[mikeycal]

Re: compressed files

Maybe ARK isn't recognizing rar-free

you can try extracting the RAR file from command line

with: unrar-free -x whatever.rar

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Usage: unrar-free [OPTION...] ARCHIVE [FILE...] [DESTINATION]
Extract files from rar archives.

-x, --extract Extract files from archive (default)
-t, --list List files in archive
-f, --force Overwrite files when extracting
--extract-newer Only extract newer files from the archive
--extract-no-paths Don't create directories while extracting
-p, --password Decrypt archive using a password
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
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