Re: RAR/ apt-get Question
- From: Celejar <celejar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:08:27 -0400
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:39 -0600
Bob Proulx <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RiverWind wrote:
Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility,
I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this
file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or
something else of that nature has made this application unavailable
via mainstream measures.
The 'rar' program is nonfree. The program is shareware and you must
register it after 40 days of use. Because it is nonfree it cannot be
part of any free software distribution. In particular it cannot be
part of Debian because it does not meet the Debian Free Software
Guidelines. The problem is legal not technical.
The OP may also want to look into package unrar-free, which apparently
works for older (2.0) formats, but may have some trouble with newer
(3.0) ones.
Celejar
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