Re: RAR/ apt-get Question
On Wednesday 14 September 2011 06:00:53 pm RiverWind wrote:
> Hey There,
>
> Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility,
> I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this
> file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or
> something else of that nature has made this application unavailable
> via mainstream measures. I have several radio plays, books and
> documentaries that have been compressed using rar, so I therefore
> don't quite know what to do in order to process these particular
> files so they can be played by my media utilities. Here is the
> error message that the "apt" command returned.
>
> Quote On:
> apt-get install rar
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package rar is not available, but is referred to by another
> package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been
> obsoleted, or is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'rar' has no installation candidate
> Quote Off:
It is in non-free.
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Peace,
Greg
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