N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Hi guys, what package to read .zip and .rar with our super N900 ?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

If you scroll down, there are some useful answers in this thread, though it starts off about maemo4. :)

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

terminal: apt-get install unzip unrar
or try this, not sure how good this is.

http://my-maemo.com/download/search.php?name=Xarchiver

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

As mentioned in the other thread, Xarchiver needs the un* family of cli tools to read the various archive formats.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

apt-get install unzip unrar

~ $ apt-get install unzip unrar
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?


how do i get passed this?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Install rootsh and become root before using apt get.

To become root, type "root" in the xterm window.

Be careful, as root you can delete or overwrite or break anything. It's computing without a life preserver. :)

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

it instaled unzip, but 'couldn't find package unrar'

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

also, this things are not optified, right? meaning they will install in the root partition. which is not a good thing, because it will fill up and get us into a world of pain.
am I wrong? and is it hard to optify these things or is it just not worth it because they are so small?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

:~# apt-get install unzip unrar
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package unzip is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package unzip has no installation candidate

What should I do?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

You might need to enable the extras-devel repo first. You can do that in app manager, but you have to close that before using apt-get. Be sure to disable extras-devel again when you are done.