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praveen kumar
Asked: 2015-02-27 04:10:20 +0800 CST

Rar file extract is failed

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I'm trying to extract a rar file is first time is opened then its closed and to reopen the file is failed." an error occured while loading the archive manager" this alert message displayed

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4 Answers

  1. Install unrar to open and extract rar archives.

    1. Open the terminal with ctrl + alt + t

    2. Run 

      sudo apt install unrar

    Now file-roller should open and extract rar archives without error.

    If you cannot install unrar, you need to activate the multiverse repository; but, I assume you have them activated as they are by default.

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  2. I have this problem fixed by installing b1freearchiver:

    sudo apt-get install gdebi
wget b1.org/smart-download/0/os=deb64/b1freearchiver_current_stable_amd64.deb
sudo gdebi b1freearchiver_current_stable_amd64.deb
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  3. good suggestions above. However, what I found is that when I did a cd to the directory with the terminal it showed that it was a 'string' instead of a normal file. Then I tested something quick and it worked perfectly: I just deleted the empty space between the words in the filename, and right click 'extract' again and it extracted perfectly. So the solution might be that simple for you too, if you have a blank space in the file name. Example:

    FILE NAME.rar change to -> FILE_NAME.rar

    Hope that helps.

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  4. Something like this happened to me when a file was parted in some files, and I tried this from the command line:

    unrar e "archive.part1.rar"
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