open rar files in Linux

[jrev]

Hi all,
how can I unzip a file named name.rar with a Linux distro ?
thanks for your help

[angor]

Install "unrar". Since you're posting on knoppix.net that will probably be
<code>
apt-get update
apt-get install unrar
</code>

[Dave_Bechtel]

...And then of course, ' man unrar '

Install "unrar". Since you're posting on knoppix.net that will probably be
<code>
apt-get update
apt-get install unrar
</code>

[gnukish]

root@box:/mnt/hda12# cd files
root@box:/mnt/hda12/files# unrar e files.rar
unrar: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How can i extract this rar file called files.rar ?
I have already converted rpm to deb and installed it.
My unrar is present in /usr/bin/unrar

Clarify ...

[angor]

Try "apt-get install libstdc++6", as your (un)rar seems to need it. There may be further problems if your (originally RPM)
package detects other dependencies not met by your system. "ldd /usr/bin/unrar" will show you what libraries unrar expects
to find.

[Dave_Bechtel]

' apt-get update '
' apt-cache search unrar ' == Reveals unrar and unrar-free.

--You'll have less problems with strange dependencies if you install "native" debs:
' apt-get install unrar '

Try "apt-get install libstdc++6", as your (un)rar seems to need it. There may be further problems if your (originally RPM)
package detects other dependencies not met by your system. "ldd /usr/bin/unrar" will show you what libraries unrar expects
to find.

[gnukish]

root@box:/home/kish# ldd /usr/bin/unrar
        libstdc++.so.6 => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40027000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x40049000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40053000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

What must I do now ??
Also gimme some links for downloading native deb packages.

[angor]

> What must I do now ??
You only need to get the libstdc++.so.6 ... but:

> Also gimme some links for downloading native deb packages.
You may not have noticed, but Dave Bechtel already supplied the answer. Perhaps I should expand on that...
You have a file /etc/apt/sources that tells "apt-get update" where to look for new versions of packages. A consequent
"apt-get install <packagename>" will fetch that package, store it in /var/cache/apt/archives, and install it on your system.

To search for package(name)s, use "apt-cache search <string>", in this particular case <string>==unrar .

[gnukish]

root@box:/# apt-get install unrar
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
unrar is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@box:/# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@box:/#

Shown above is what I get for install command.

root@box:/$ apt-cache search unrar
unrar - Extract, test and view RAR archives

Shown above is what I get for apt-cache search <pkgname> command.

What now ?? Still the same error because I dont know the place to get libstdc++.so.6 :-s

[ibrewale]

try:

unrar e <filename>

what happens?

ibrewale