Free (open source) RAR program?

Shelnutt2

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Is there a open source alternative to winrar fro linux? I'm setting up dvd::rip and it wants the command to create an rar file. So I was searching and I don't see anything but winrar available for linux. I would have though there would have been an open source program.

 

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There is no Free version of rar anywhere. However, why would a program for ripping DVDs need it? there is no .rar data on any DVD

 

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klingens said:

There is no Free version of rar anywhere. However, why would a program for ripping DVDs need it? there is no .rar data on any DVD

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Its for "vobsub" compression. I don't know and probably never will use it. Well maybe someday someone will bring an open source version to the table.

 

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http://www.7-zip.org/

I'm not sure if anything other than RAR can legally create .rar archives.

 

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• Dec 26, 2006

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In gentoo I just use a program called unrar to handle rar files. If you search googlt for unrar gentoo you will get a couple of links to the source code. I am not at home so I cant get you what the latest version is.

 

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• Dec 26, 2006

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here's what portage says

* app-arch/unrar
Latest version available: 3.6.8
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 122 kB
Homepage: http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
Description: Uncompress rar files
License: unRAR

 

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• Dec 27, 2006

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i know that gentoo has both rar and unrar, both basically doing the same thing. I would assume that debian/ubuntu also has rar and unrar in apt.

 

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splat said:

i know that gentoo has both rar and unrar, both basically doing the same thing. I would assume that debian/ubuntu also has rar and unrar in apt.

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You're absolutely correct at this point. Debian/ubuntu also has it. I'm not afraid to say that every linux distro has it