Re: [newbie] Rars & PDF files
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:05, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > Not exactly sure what you mean by "work with" the files, but if > > you've got a rar archive to unpack, you can do it with: > > > > unrar e file.rar > > unrar-3.20-1plf is on PLF. If there's multiple parts, then > 'unrar e file.part01.rar' will start the process, and use all the > remaining parts. OTOH, if you want to use a GUI, then >'cp /usr/bin/unrar /usr/bin/rar'and install File Roller. > Clicking on the first rar part in a file manger (eg, Konqueror) > will launch File Roller and then just choose Extract, and click OK. > Try both the CL and the GUI, see which method you like the best ;) > unrar needs to be copied to rar, because that what File Roller looks > for and uses. So don't skip that step. 'Course you could also do it > with a link. Ty...thats what I was looking for. Btw, I hate Texstars Evolution 1.4x... it bites hard... more crashes & problems than any other Evo... I think I'm going to Kmail ffs..! /end bitch Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Rars & PDF files
On Saturday August 16 2003 09:30 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:02:57PM -0600, Heather/Femme wrote: > > can someone email me on or offlist how to work with these files > > in linux pls? RTFM, instructions, URLS ..whatever welcome. I > > just know it has been discussed on here but I don't have the > > time to look through the archives at the moment. So forgive my > > laziness, lack of time, . :) > > > > ty. > > Not exactly sure what you mean by "work with" the files, but if > you've got a rar archive to unpack, you can do it with: > > unrar e file.rar unrar-3.20-1plf is on PLF. If there's multiple parts, then 'unrar e file.part01.rar' will start the process, and use all the remaining parts. OTOH, if you want to use a GUI, then 'cp /usr/bin/unrar /usr/bin/rar'and install File Roller. Clicking on the first rar part in a file manger (eg, Konqueror) will launch File Roller and then just choose Extract, and click OK. Try both the CL and the GUI, see which method you like the best ;) unrar needs to be copied to rar, because that what File Roller looks for and uses. So don't skip that step. 'Course you could also do it with a link. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Rars & PDF files
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:02:57PM -0600, Heather/Femme wrote: > can someone email me on or offlist how to work with these files in linux > pls? RTFM, instructions, URLS ..whatever welcome. I just know it has > been discussed on here but I don't have the time to look through the > archives at the moment. So forgive my laziness, lack of time, jab at me here>. :) > > ty. Not exactly sure what you mean by "work with" the files, but if you've got a rar archive to unpack, you can do it with: unrar e file.rar If you need to open/read a pdf, there's xpdf and ghostview and probably others. Just "xpdf file.pdf". t -- If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. -Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Rars & PDF files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Femme, On 16 Aug 2003 17:02:57 -0600, Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Rars & PDF files: >can someone email me on or offlist how to work with these files in linux >pls? RTFM, instructions, URLS ..whatever welcome. I just know it has >been discussed on here but I don't have the time to look through the >archives at the moment. So forgive my laziness, lack of time, jab at me here>. :) .pdf`s can be viewed with xpdf or kghostview. The rpm`s should be on your Mandrake cd`s. Alternatively, www.adobe.com also provides a Linux version (5.0.8) of Adobe Acrobat reader (I was unable to get the Mandrake rpm or the previous versions from Adobe to work). .rar files are really for Windows. They can be extracted with `unrar`. I found unrar-3.2.0-fr1.rpm and IIRC it was on www.sourceforge.net. It works quite easily from the command line, the only odd thing is that the options work without dashes as usual, e.g.: unrar x foo.rar (not ... -x ...). If you don`t manage to find it I can mail it to you. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= - -- Registered Linux user # 309037 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/Puj2wC/zk+cxEdMRAnYcAJoC1i8J1aVaj5M7UqdsZ1yw9htywwCeK7mD eEQ6F/P35FKX36G+DpuSTz4= =S5fR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Rars & PDF files
can someone email me on or offlist how to work with these files in linux pls? RTFM, instructions, URLS ..whatever welcome. I just know it has been discussed on here but I don't have the time to look through the archives at the moment. So forgive my laziness, lack of time, . :) ty. -- Femme On MDK 9.1, more or less 24/7...cept for gaming. Finally. :D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com