SUMMARY If a .rar filename contains non-latin characters (e.g. Japanese), Ark will not be able to open the file's contents. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Have a .rar file with a Japanese name (or other language with a non-latin character set) 2. Try opening it with ark OBSERVED RESULT Error: "The archive is empty or Ark could not open its content" Additional comment pops up: Cannot open /home/user/Downloads/??????????????????????????????? ????????????????????? ????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.ra No such file or directory EXPECTED RESULT Files should be able to be opened regardless of their name, if allowed by the OS. Furthermore, other file formats (zip, 7z, etc) don't have this problem. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Linux 5.10.4-1-default (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Renaming the file to a name containing only latin characters allows Ark to open its contents.
Which plugin? unrar or unarchiver? Can you attach a test file?
Created attachment 134689 [details] Filename example affected by the bug
It appears to be the "RAR Plugin". I have attached a test file. It's a random RAR archive retrieved from the internet containing a small binary file. Contents are irrelevant (the file was actually randomly picked form the internet as I couldn't find a quick way for creating RAR archives with my Linux distribution).
Confirmed on Ark 20.12.0. Screenshots being uploaded.
Created attachment 134868 [details] Plugins
Created attachment 134869 [details] Error
Works fine in Ark 21.08.3
@Justin: the error you attached was caused by the fact that you did not have RAR plugins available. I can open the attached test file just fine with both the Unarchiver and RAR plugins.
(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #8) > @Justin: the error you attached was caused by the fact that you did not have > RAR plugins available. > > I can open the attached test file just fine with both the Unarchiver and RAR > plugins. Then the UI is a little misleading. It seems as though those plugins are part of the core and are shown in grey as though you can't remove them. I've tested the file with Fedora 37 with 22.08.3 and I can open it.