Question:
I have a lot of RAR files and ISO. Is there a program like Winrar which could open them in Linux? Cause now it only opens zip files :). Also I would like to know what the best package manager is (I mean the easiest -used to use the Software Manager in Mint 9 Xfce).
At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk images to reset the system.
Thanks!
Hello robertjan88,
I don’t want to sound rude but there’s a lot of information missing in your post.
So could you tell us which version of openSUSE you have?
If you use KDE or GNOME?
Yes, there are a few tools to do the job.
If you use KDE I recommend Ark.
The downside of ark is that it can’t extract .iso files.
By default you can use YaST’s Software Management.
To start it Start YaST->Software->Software Management.
Or if you prefer the commandline then you can use Zypper.
I don’t use such tools so I can’t recommend you one.
If you’ve got any questions feel free to ask.
Good luck!
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ISOs can be opened natively via file-roller. I think .rar files can as
well. My system also, by default, has unrar on it so I assume that would
work even if file-roller did not for some reason. Along with those File
Roller can open/extract RPMs, 7z files (if you add the 7-zip stuff to your
system via something like sudo zypper in p7zip), .tar, .gz, .bz2, .cpio,
and a dozen other types of archives I’d bet. It can also create archives,
though typically I do this by just right-clicking on what I want to
archive and choosing to create an archive and then specifying a name if I
do not like the default one.
Good luck.
On 08/20/2010 01:06 AM, robertjan88 wrote:
>
> Question:
>
> I have a lot of RAR files and ISO. Is there a program like Winrar which
> could open them in Linux? Cause now it only opens zip files :). Also I
> would like to know what the best package manager is (I mean the easiest
> -used to use the Software Manager in Mint 9 Xfce).
> At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk
> images to reset the system.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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search for rar in the software manager, there should be a free unrar program (away from keyboard so I can’t be more specific) which is then automatically used by the default packer frontent (fileroller for gnome, ark for KDE). if you’re looking for a complete standalone solution like WinRAR, have a look at Peazip (PeaZip download free RAR 7Z TAR ZIP extraction) - just download the RPM and install by double clicking in the file manager.
Thanks!!!
I nice tool to handle .isos is →AcetoneIso (available via Packman).
At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk images to reset the system.
Have a look at →Clonezilla.
robertjan88 wrote:
>
> Question:
>
> I have a lot of RAR files and ISO. Is there a program like Winrar
> which could open them in Linux?
rar files - unrar, but konqueror usually handles them automagically.
iso - loop mount.
> At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk
> images to reset the system.
dd
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Per Jessen, Zürich (21.2°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:pjessen
Per Jessen wrote:
> robertjan88 wrote:
>
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> I have a lot of RAR files and ISO. Is there a program like Winrar
>> which could open them in Linux?
>
> rar files - unrar, but konqueror usually handles them automagically.
> iso - loop mount.
>
>> At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk
>> images to reset the system.
>
> dd
Forgot to mention tar and cpio.
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Per Jessen, Zürich (21.3°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:pjessen
For disk images (system backup) I can recommend g4l
(ghost for linux)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/
The other questions seem to me already answered.
On 2010-08-20 09:06, robertjan88 wrote:
>
> Question:
>
> I have a lot of RAR files and ISO. Is there a program like Winrar which
> could open them in Linux?
There is unrar, CLI (freeware). You have also the shareware “rar” in packman, also CLI.
Some tools understand rar as to be able to navigate them. I think “mc” does if unrar is installed.
ISOs: mc and others can open them, but the best thing is to simply loop-mount them (CLI).
> Also I
> would like to know what the best package manager is (I mean the easiest
Yast.
> At last I would like to know if there is a good program to make disk
> images to reset the system.
ghost for linux, for example. Or command line - I documented a method recently (one more method).
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> There is unrar, CLI (freeware). You have also the shareware “rar” in
> packman, also CLI.
>
> Some tools understand rar as to be able to navigate them. I think “mc”
> does if unrar is installed.
>
> ISOs: mc and others can open them, but the best thing is to simply
> loop-mount them (CLI).
>
In gnome it is the simplest solution to use fileroller for rar’s and iso’s
(works out of the box, no need to install something special except rar/unrar
if not installed by default), I use the command line in linux for more than
15 years now and even I am too lazy to use it for navigating through and
unpacking archives (with some exceptions).