Can .rar file be read directly

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 8.04


I haven't installed rar

$ apt-cache policy rar
rar:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:3.7.1-1
Version table:
1:3.7.1-1 0
500 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages


to decompress the ebook in *.rar format. I wonder to know is there software reading it direct without decompressing it? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[i845_]

The e-book could be in the form of a CHM, DjVu, or PDF document (or even single image files), packed in a RAR archive. Unfortunately, there is no single reader for all of these formats. And available readers probably don't support on-the-fly RAR decompression.

Your best bet is to use unrar, unrar-free (cannot handle RAR 3.0 archives), or p7zip-rar to decompress the file, and then use an appropriate viewer to view the decompressed document.

(edit) rar provides compression features only. To decompress RAR archives, you need unrar.

[satimis]

The e-book could be in the form of a CHM, DjVu, or PDF document (or even single image files), packed in a RAR archive. Unfortunately, there is no single reader for all of these formats. And available readers probably don't support on-the-fly RAR decompression.

Your best bet is to use unrar, unrar-free (cannot handle RAR 3.0 archives), or p7zip-rar to decompress the file, and then use an appropriate viewer to view the decompressed document.

(edit) rar provides compression features only. To decompress RAR archives, you need unrar.
Hi,


Thanks for your advice.

Installed "unrar" and decompressed the .rar file. It is a .pdf file.


B.R.
satimis