Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Nvm, i solved it. Unrar x filename through cd directory solved it all. Yay! N900 is great!

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

I think there's just the one unrar program around ("unrar --help" reports "UNRAR 3.51 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2005 Alexander Roshal") - that's in the extras-testing repository. The command to use should be:

It should then move onto the other parts automatically. I've just tried this on the N900 and it works fine.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Only format 7-zip not work is ACE.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

hey there..i'm kinda struggling how to unzip through directory..can u tell me how plz..
thnx

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

I understand the frustration some of the users are feeling by wanting a nice gui to be able to unzip/unrar files directly from the file browser but doing it on the command line really isnt that difficult after you figure out where your files are stored.

For those having difficulty I'd suggest finding a linux terminal tutorial. If you are a serious n900 user then it would be extremely beneficial to learn about one of the powerful tools on the n900: the terminal :)

On a side note, I had no idea that unzip and unrar were available! Yay! No more connecting to my laptop to uncompress stuff! thx for the info all :)

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

we have a top of the line phone and you think that commands are not that bad? the era of dos and linux commands are long gone...

its great that we have a terminal to AID in some things but not to use it like the main feature...

linux always had the theme "why make it easier if we can still use commands for everything!?"

:p

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Not likely... I think the statistic is like +70% of all servers run linux and as long as they do command line will live on. The command line also allows for large batch operations, such as unzipping ever file in a directory. If a GUI didnt support such operations you could be forced to do each file individually. Not fun. Learning to use the tools at hand or not is entirely up to you.

I personally dont use it as a main feature. I maybe only open it every couple of days. But its nice to have it an not need it than to need it and not have it (like some competitor devices).

Not entirely sure I agree with this statement. I mean if it were true then things like Gnome, KDE, XFCE, Blackbox would never have been created. I will concede that Linux may not be the easiest to use OS but if you wanted a goof proof phone maybe you should have bought an iCompetitor instead of the n900... :rolleyes:

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

I don't like the iThing... i always had nokia and loved nokia for the phones it has. I just can't sit by and read whenm someone says that commands are cool lolol.

I know linux is great for server purposes but on a mobile phone... it's way better to use the touch interface than to type commands...

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

since xarchiver for diablo works so well on the n900, well perfectly well for me so far. how hard is it to make a new gui on top of it

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

thanks a lot, 7z works great. any idea in how to install rar also?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

7zip should work for rar files as well. Just change the file.zip to file.rar.

Also if you need to extract multiple files, there is a script on google you can type out with a for loop. (7zip doesn't support * variables) Just google terminal zip multiple files or something.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

thanks, I will try that.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

^What I was looking for. According to some it should work using 7z e "*.zip", but I'm certain that didn't work for me. Anyway, with that above command just change the *.7z to whatever archive type you need (Eg. *.rar)

Hi I Need Help
 

"It got installed but i have a problem its telling me
"Error:
there us no such achieve"
but the achieve file is thier. i placed it on the main N900 drive should it be placed any where else.

what is the solution

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

guys there is a unzip file add on in extras devel is much better than 7zip

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Not necessarily better, just easier to use.

Also, just note that it is in extras-devel, and there might be some stability issues or features missing. (Haven't encountered any yet myself, though).

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

any news on rar archive support, yet ?
Why could it be, that there's still no IZARC or something like that for maemo 5 ?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

Hi,

Wants to compress files (especially Vidoe clips) on Nokia N900, can anyone help me to tell suitable utility to compress files on my Nokia N900.
Tried to install 7Zip as suggested by Torpedo48 on url http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=40685, but fails.

err msg
"unable tio install P7Zip-full"
"Incompatible application package"

Can anyone help me on this.

Thanks

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

when I type "apt-get install unrar" as root i get an message could not lock ... unable to lock administrative directory.

enabled testing and devel. are these packages removed?

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

for me it seems that the package is still here: http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...unrar/3.5.4-1/
try to enable extras-testing firs from app manager

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

its enabled.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

then go downloading trought app manager

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

I tried apt-get install unrar as root and got unable to lock... error , waited 5minutes and repeated command , worked and installed fine. i have all repositories enabled , try apt-get update before you apt-get install unrar as may help.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

done update several times. ok will wait some more and try again.

EDITL it suddenly worked. strange.

Re: N900 Zip and Rar files
 

pls can anyone help me with a link to dwnld winrar for n900? what other way can i get mstardict on my fone, need sftware to xtract dwnlded files.