Which Linux tool shall I run to decompress/read .rar files

[satimis]

Hi folks,

I download following files;
John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part1.rar
John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part2.rar

on;
http://ebook.manboo.info/archives/linux-troubleshooting-bible.html

I don't have "WinRAR archive manager" here. Which Linux tool can I run to decompress/read the files. TIA

Is there Open Source ebook/doc equivalent to "Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible' by Christopher Negus". Tks


B.R.
satimis

[E1PHOTON]

The tool is called 'unrar'. It is most likely in your distro's repositories.

[satimis]

The tool is called 'unrar'. It is most likely in your distro's repositories.
Noted with tks.

Not in the repositories of CentOS 4.4. I'll try to read the files on FC6 box.

satimis

[satimis]

Hi folks,

FC6


# yum search unrar
....
qcomicbook.x86_64 0.3.4-1.fc6 installed
Matched from:
QComicBook is a viewer for comic book archives: rar, cbr,
zip, cbz, ace, cba,tar.gz, cbg, tar.bz2, cbb. QComicBook
aims at convenience and simplicity. Features include:
automatic decompression, full-screen mode, two pages mode,
japanese mode, thumbnails view, page scaling and rotating,
page preloading and caching, mouse or keyboard navigation,
bookmarks etc.

QComicBook requires zip/unzip, rar/unrar, tar with
gzip+bzip2 support and unace to handle archives.

No x86_64 version available.

Installed "qcomicbook.x86_64" but can't read the .rar files.


satimis

[mike_flow]

I am almost positive that the file you are trying to extract is in chm format, and QComicbook seem to be intended for compressed files that have pictures (usuallt comics or manga) in them. You will have to get unrar although I think is proprietary... If you do not mind that you will be fine.

[satimis]

I am almost positive that the file you are trying to extract is in chm format, and QComicbook seem to be intended for compressed files that have pictures (usuallt comics or manga) in them. You will have to get unrar although I think is proprietary... If you do not mind that you will be fine.
Hi mike and folks,

I solved my problem as follows;

# yum install gnochm

$ unrar /path/to/
John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part1.rar
John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.part2.rar
(both files must be present)

$ ls
...
John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.chm
...


# gnochm John.Wiley.and.Sons.Linux.Troubleshooting.Bible.eB ook-LiB.chm

to read the file.


I'm still searching how to integrade unrar to qcomicbook.


B.R.
satimis

[XiaoKJ]

satimis, I believe you have not understood what mike_flow meant.

QComicbook, as presented by mike_flow, can only read pictures. Most probably, it means 1 picture for 1 page. What it means by being able to read rar is to call unrar and then display the pictures inside the rar file.

Unfortunately, your rar file decompresses to form chm files, which QComicbook cannot handle.