As I marked some bugs as duplicate of this one. I'd repeat the workaround for 12.04+ is using "unar" command line tool.
Since the encoding issue usually happen with ZIP archives, -O/-I option of unzip (available 11.10+) also worth a try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495880 Title: File Roller cannot handle archive that doesn't encode filenames in UTF-8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/495880/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs