[Bug 18306] New: file-roller : suggest program to install upon unrecognized format

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Ubuntu | file-roller

           Summary: file-roller : suggest program to install upon
                    unrecognized format
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: file-roller
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: manu.cornet at gmail.com
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


If I try to open an unsupported archive format (eg RAR) with file-roller, an
error just tells me that the RAR format in not supported. Thus, I might just
think it is a missing feature in the program, although the solution (install the
appropriate package) is pretty easy.

Should't file-roller just provide a little more information in these error
messages, maybe by suggesting which packages to install in order to be able to
open the desired format ? I don't know how relevant this is, since it is
basically distro-based (name of the packages... ?).

Or a simpler solution : since zip/unzip, rar/unrar (nad maybe others) are fairly
small packages, shouldn't file-roller just depend on them, so that you get a
complete, full-featured tool for any format, out of the box ?

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