Working with .rar files

[NoOp]

On 10/02/2008 05:57 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/02/2008 04:44 PM, Douglas Murray wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am new to Ubuntu and am not familiar with all of the tools.  What I need
>> to do is to find the proper tool to handle .rar files.  I am used to WinRAR
>> on XP which will properly assemble a series of r00 - rxx into a single file.
>> 
>> Would anyone have a suggestion was to which tool will give me the same
>> functionality please?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>> 
>> Doug!
>> 
> 
> From a terminal:
> 
> sudo apt-get install p7zip p7zip-full p7zip-rar xarchive
> 
> or from Synaptic: search for 7zip & install from there.
> 
> Note: xarchive will give you a front-end for 7zip & others:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/xarchive
> 
> Added info for 7-zip:
> http://www.7-zip.org/
> 
> 
> 

Sorry, I failed to mention rar (thanks jonathan) and also that you wish
to _create_ a rar; once you install(sudo apt-get install rar) you will
be able to do so using the archive manager
(Applications|Accessories|Arachive Manager) you can then create a new
rar archive file.