Bug 376413

Summary:	Ark requires unrar to open .rar file, even though rar is installed
Product:	[Applications] ark	Reporter:	Soukyuu <chrno-sphered>
Component:	plugins	Assignee:	Ragnar Thomsen <rthomsen6>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, love
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Soukyuu 2017-02-12 19:58:11 UTC

I just installed rar on a new machine, then tried opening a .rar archive with ark and got the "no suitable plugin found" error message.

Installing unrar as well, the archive can be opened. 

Ark shouldn't require the user to install unrar if rar is installed, it makes little sense to have both rw and ro versions of the executable in the system. From what I see, even the syntax is the same, with unrar missing the commands related to archive creation.

Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-02-13 11:01:48 UTC

I can reproduce, thanks for reporting.

Comment 2 Geoffrey 2017-10-17 07:10:59 UTC

In Discover, RAR is shown as a 40-day trial version.  UNRAR is shown as free.