Bug 384262 - Allow to use 7z to extract rar
Summary: Allow to use 7z to extract rar
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: ark
Classification: Applications
Component: plugins (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ragnar Thomsen
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Reported: 2017-09-01 14:43 UTC by Christoph Feck
Modified: 2018-09-22 08:35 UTC (History)
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Description Christoph Feck 2017-09-01 14:43:19 UTC 
'7z' can extract .rar archives.

Having neither 'rar' nor 'unrar' installed, but '7z' is installed, ark fails to open .rar archive files.
Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-09-01 15:18:04 UTC 
IIRC rar support in 7z is read-only. The problem with ark is that the 7z plugin is read-write, so it expects a read-write backend.
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2017-09-13 00:49:24 UTC 
If only 'unrar' is installed, it is also read-only? I can use it to list/extract rar archives, without 'rar' installed.
Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-09-13 17:25:12 UTC 
Yes, the rar plugin falls back to read-only mode if it can't find the 'rar' executable.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2018-09-19 23:21:26 UTC 
I no longer need this, as my distribution decided to disable rar support in 7z, so I have to install both anyway. Unless someone objects, I propose to close this.
Comment 5 Elvis Angelaccio 2018-09-22 08:35:41 UTC 
Sure, let's close it.