On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:39 -0600 Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> RiverWind wrote: > > 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. > > The 'rar' program is nonfree. The program is shareware and you must > register it after 40 days of use. Because it is nonfree it cannot be > part of any free software distribution. In particular it cannot be > part of Debian because it does not meet the Debian Free Software > Guidelines. The problem is legal not technical. The OP may also want to look into package unrar-free, which apparently works for older (2.0) formats, but may have some trouble with newer (3.0) ones. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110915080827.65507a74f9ffba80a4e81...@gmail.com
