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[roby2k]

afther searching the fourms i didnt find much so i thought id just post this for future reference

wget http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar/unrar-3.6.2-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar/unrar-3.6.2-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm

and to extract a file user you type

unrar e -kb rarfile.rar

thanks to the dag repositry

[Trix]

i get this error:

warning: unrar-3.6.2-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6b8d79e6
error: can't create transaction lock

:<

[roby2k]

what processor are you using?
64bit or 32bit?

here are the options for it
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar/

[zupanm]

sounds like you are not running the rpm command as root

[SLiM_BoY]

root@linux [~]# unrar
unrar: /lib/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by unrar)

How can I fix that ?

[ServerOrigin]

Try using yum to remove it and re-install it.

Should find and/or configure all of the dependencies.

[david510]

SLiM_BoY,

How did you install unrar? Didn't it throw dependency error while installing? Try installing another version of unrar.

[ub3r]

I think the RPM-based installer only grabs the binaries, and copies them to the required locations, no actual compiling.

Slimboy, are you on a VPS, or a dedicated server? You need to upgrade glibc.

[Reseller32]

[root@vps2 ~]# rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm
Retrieving http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm
error: skipping http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
[root@vps2 ~]#


so disappointing....

[TheSupportGuy]

Originally Posted by Reseller32

[root@vps2 ~]# rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm
Retrieving http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm
error: skipping http://dag.wieers.com/packages/unrar...l4.rf.i386.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
[root@vps2 ~]#


so disappointing....

You can do this

$ wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/u...l4.rf.i386.rpm

$ rpm -Uvh unrar-3.6.8-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm

Cheers

[PCS-Chris]

Alternativley if you are having problems with RPM's, you can just get the CLI version of WinRar directly from www.rarlab.com. Make sure you have Glibc 2.4 though.

# wget http://rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz
# tar xvzf rarlinux*
# cd rar
# make
# make install

Hope this helps.

[Speckz]

For Centos 5.1 you can simply add the 'rpmforge' repository and just do: yum install rar unrar

[twhiting9275]

Originally Posted by Chris E

Alternativley if you are having problems with RPM's, you can just get the CLI version of WinRar directly from www.rarlab.com. Make sure you have Glibc 2.4 though.

# wget http://rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz
# tar xvzf rarlinux*
# cd rar
# make
# make install

Hope this helps.

That really doesn't do anything to resolve issues. It's always best to use a "package" based system for non source related stuff so that you can grab the dependencies.

Originally Posted by Speckz

For Centos 5.1 you can simply add the 'rpmforge' repository and just do: yum install rar unrar

You should be able to with 4.x now too, at least I was able to. the 'rar' package still complains about the glibc crap, but it'll get there eventually I guess.

This is what happens when you use pre-compiled stuff, you get to deal with dependencies on their own stuff. Unfortunately, the only (known) source for rar exists in a win32 platform AFAIK.

This is why tar/zip are so much better, the issues just don't exist, or aren't as prevalent.

[rankris]

unrar: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by unrar)

tried yum install and now getting this, how can i get `GLIBC_2.7'

[hichkas]

Originally Posted by rankris

unrar: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by unrar)

tried yum install and now getting this, how can i get `GLIBC_2.7'

Hi
also we have this problem.