[ale] when is a zip file not a zip file

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http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-install-rar-archiver-rar
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_RAR_Archiver_.28rar.29

of course that's for Ubuntu.  Didn't see what distro you're running, but I
only know ubuntu anyways (and I use the term "know" loosely...)

On 9/6/06, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a more comprehensively-packaged Linux distro is in order.
>
> In Gentoo, "emerge unrar" gets the job done.
>
> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 September 2006 22:34, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > |
> > | Windows users know not of what they do.  You need unrar.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip.
> > Only three problems:
> > 1.  No such program or man page on this machine
> > 2.  No such program listed in any of the repos I normally access via
> >     <yum install unrar>
> >
> > 3.  So, wanting to get somewhere, I copied the *.rar file to a thumb
> > drive and carried it upstairs to my wife's Mac. It couldn't handle
> > the file either -- but at least it knew where to go to update its
> > StuffIt program to unpack the damn thing. So we downloaded the update,
> > installed it and unpacked the the archive.  But noticed on accessing the
> > thumb drive that an unknown file had appeared <throbber.png>.  I have
> > no idea where this little goodie came from so I deleted it on the spot.
> > Googled the file and apparently it is some sort of Red Hat image. How
> > could it have suddenly appeared on my thumb drive?  It wasn't there
> > before.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
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