Questions that relate to managing and using compressed archives of files.
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Problem with extract a .tar.gz file
I've Download a '.tar.gz' file from here. File size is 152 MB.
Downloaded file size is 450 MB on my computer !!
I tried to extract that file but i get below error :
gzip: stdin: invalid ...
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RAR archives can't extract [duplicate]
I tried to extract a RAR archive and I couldn't.
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed. I could extract zip files but not RAR.
What can I do? Is there a good free extracter for Ubuntu 12.04?
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How to preview contents of an online archive before download [closed]
How can I preview contents of an archive, (.zip, .tar, .rar etc) which is available in internet, before downloading it?
eg: UC browser in phone can preview .zip, .tar etc file
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Unrar files spanned across multiple DVDs
I am just starting to get the hang of Ubuntu, so please bear with me.
I want to extract a RAR file of size 8GB. Now I have backed up the file on 2 DVDs after splitting the files in 40 pieces of 200MB ...
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Using Archieve manager in Gnome just hangs; files won't extract in /home/Downloads
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi, and everything is updated and I'm used ntfs-config to allow write to ntfs drive. I download tar.gz files, but when I click extract here, the extracting archive ...
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Integration of archives navigation in nautilus
Would there be a tool to integrate the navigation in the content of an archive in Nautilus, instead of using Archive Manager?
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Error while installing applications - “An error occurred while loading the archive.”
I'm a complete novice to Ubuntu and like it a lot from first impression but I haven't gotten very far since getting it up and running several days ago. I loaded 12.10 on an old e-Machine that someone ...
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Universal-USB-Installalation error
I'm trying to put a 64-bit iso on a pendrive but am getting stumped. I am able to download the Universal-USB-Installer, but I get this message when I try to open it:
Archive: ...
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Is there an archiver for Ubuntu with a GUI providing multiple information during action?
I would like one that would provide during action some more information like percentage and speed.
When archives are big archiving takes a lot of time and resources, and the computer seem to lag, ...
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RhythmBox only plays downloaded music when the Archive Manager is open
Ubuntu 12.04.
I have downloaded some music (They're in a ZIP format, by the way), and they play fine, and the NotifyOSD comes up, as usual. But when I play the music, the Archive Manager HAS to stay ...
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How Do I Install VBA Emulator?
I downloaded it, but every time I try and open the program, I recieve an error message from Archive manager, stating," An error occured while loading the archive."
How Do I fix this?
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Why does my Music Zipped folder not stay in RhythmBox? [duplicate]
Ubuntu 12.04.
I have downloaded a few songs (And they are legal, before you say they were a virus.) and they came in a zipped folder. When the Archive Manger opens, I click on a song, and RhythmBox ...
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Xubuntu 12.10 cannot archive folder on desktop
When I right click a folder on the desktop, there's no option to archive it. I actually have to open up the Thunar file manager, navigate to the desktop folder, and right click on the folder in order ...
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TAR by file creation date and extraction of a file by its file name
Obviously, there are a lot of web pages on TAR out there. However, I have not been able to find a suitable Google query to determine if what I want is even possible.
I have found items such as:
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Archive Manager is causing Nautilus to hang, how do I troubleshoot this?
I downloaded a tar.gz file and opened it with archive manager.
When I try to copy files and folders from the archive, the copy files process will hang after a few files has been copied successfully.
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Dependency is not satisfiable ibqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.7.4)
I am trying to install b1freearchiver_current_stable_i386, but, I get an error that:
b1freearchiver: Depends: libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.7.4) but
4:4.7.0-0ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa2 is to be installed
after ...
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How do I batch delete a specific file inside multiple rar archives?
I have about 1000 rar files, that randomly contains an EXE file named:"JPG-Crack.exe".
I need to delete it from all archives without harming the other archive content.
thanks
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Help: cannot install a gz package on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit
I am a new Ubuntu user. I'm trying to install a package in a file called VNC-Viewer-5.0.3-Linux-x86.gz. I keep having problems.
The package is in my folder: ...
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Best Archiving Method for server backup [closed]
I am going to back up my server data in archives. I came across many methods like creating .tar, .tar.gz, tar.bz, tar.bz2. I want to compress my data as best as possible while retaining the best ...
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Printer driver archive permission denied
Im trying to install drivers for samsung ML2165W. Downloaded archive with drivers from official website. When I extract it to the desktop or my documents, it triggers the error occurred while ...
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Possible to extract locked archives? [closed]
I would like to bypass the lock on a .rar archive, is this possible?
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How to make archive manager recognize Cyrillic chracters?
I have some files with Russian titles that are archived in a .rar file . When extracting them with the archive manager in Lubuntu, their names contained odd characters and the comment(invalid ...
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How do I compress and split files with terminal?
So what I wanted to do is compress files (using 7zip) and split a 600MB folder into 199MB parts, but sadly when I tried to do this task with archive manager it gave me an error, but I know that if I ...
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PyPar2 changed?
In ubuntu 12.10 am checking compilations with
PyPar2.
But it changed from "Matrix of Solomon"
to "Reed Matrix of Solomon".
Is system corrupted or am I spooking myself ?
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Create archive on FTP in Ubuntu 12.10
Trying create archive in Ubuntu 12.10 on FTP thought Nautilus right click Compress I got this message: Could not create the archive. You don't have permission to create an archive in this folder. In ...
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When I extract an application that I have downloaded, where should I be extracting them to?
What do I type into the terminal to tell it where to go? I don't really understand how to move files using the terminal.
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Archive Manager won't compress files
I've been zipping files to send to people, and they're not being compressed, even though it says they are. or maybe they're being super-minimally compressed. But I even managed to zip a folder and ...
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is there a way or an option to File Roller to use a single window session?
Is there a way or an option in File Roller to use a single window session.
The default is to open a separate window for each archive you open.
Is this possible, or are there alternative ...
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Is es.archive.ubuntu.com down? How can I change it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get apt to use a mirror close to me, or choose a faster mirror?
When I try to update with apt-get update, it seems to not resolve the server ...
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Cannot make `Extract here` command work in PCManFM no matter the default archiver [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
There’s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
After getting an answer to this related question I still have a more serious problem: the ...
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How to set which archiver is used when executing `Extract here` menu command in file manager?
I can see that I can change the default archiver etc but I do not think that this changes also the program that handles archives when using Extract here in right-click menu. Sometimes this command ...
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Installed 7zip. Not working. And when removing, it says to remove Fileroller as well
I installed 7zip today from software centre but it won't showed up in launch bar (side bar). I did a lot but failed to open 7zip "window" from any where. I clicked it in dash but then I was sent to ...
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Extract only the contents of an archived directory from within an archive
The Situation
I am extracting a CMS from drupal-7.15.tar.gz to /var/www.
When extracted normally (with 'tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz') the files end up in /var/www/drupal-7.15/
The Goal
I want the ...
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I would like to replicate my Ubuntu 12.04 SSD install onto an identical SSD
How do I replicate a SSD drive and copy the MBR so that that replicated SSD is identical?
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Software center crashes; fieldrunners need to be reinstalled; can't find achive
Could not initialize the package information. An unresolvable problem
occurred while initializing the package information. Please report
this bug against the 'update-manager' package and ...
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Manually add files to tar
I have a ton of txt.gz files on a network I want to ungzip and put into a tgz. I have enough disk space for the all compressed files, but not uncompressed.
The way I see it in my head is
tar -czf ...
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Problems with software install on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I'm new to Linux and am trying to upload some third party software as a learning exercise. I have followed the instructions to the letter. When running the installer bin file I've been getting:
Ign ...
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How do I extract a specific file from a tar archive?
Hi is possible to restore a single file from the .tar backup ? I dont want to restore total backup . i just want to restore one single file from the backup .
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How can I tweak this split-tar-gz-archive script?
I came across this shell script that can be used to split an entire directory across multiple compressed files.
I am interested in making a minor tweak to this script. Lets say I have n GB of files ...
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GUI based options: Advanced Archiving “Zip 7z etc…”
Does a graphical archive manager exist for linux that has the advanced settings that 7z and others have on windows?
Something with settings like "Use here as temp" "thread count to use" "Memory to ...
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Is there an 'Extract to…' context menu option for the Archive Manager application in Nautilus?
I was wondering if there was an easy way to add an 'Extract to...' option in the context menu for the Archive Manager in Nautilus?
'Extract here' is fine a lot of the time but I'm often working with ...
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Installing Slicer (Installing from Archive)
After Slicer (imaging software) stopped working today on Windows, I decided to partition my drive to install Ubuntu and subsequently slicer. Given the right terminal instructions and general ...
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Why is a VYM (View Your Mind) file considered an archive?
I use the program VYM (View Your Mind) to draw and manipulate mind maps and outlines. I find it a great application but for some reason the files it creates (.vym files) are considered an archive by ...
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How do I open archive files from the command line?
I need to open archive files from the command line. I can use things like "jar tvf" to list the contents, but I'd like to get the explorer view. What is the name of the application that does this?
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How do I open a .tar.gz magazine file to edit with Scribus?
I downloaded a tar.gz file from Translate Full Circle
for translating this magazine in my native language, but i can't open it on Scribus(the software to edit any text files)
please help me i really ...
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How to teach firefox to open rar archives
When I click on the .rar file in Firefox it offers either to open it with a default application or to save it to disk. However, the default app for .rar is set to gedit (?) So how do I change that, so ...
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How do I install utorrent by hand?
So I'm new to Ubuntu, in fact I've only installed it yesterday. There are a few programs I want to install.. both of which are a .tar.gz and a .tar.bz2 file. When I double click on them, they just ...
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How to extract files from a split 7zip archive?
I downloaded a series of packages that all compress one thing. The files end in .0, .1, .2, etc.
The User Lists of these packages I downloaded say to use the file.bat to successfully extract, or to ...
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How can I download archive of ubuntu community documentation so that i can use it offline?
How can I download archive of ubuntu community documentation so that i can use it offline?
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How to transfer music from zip archive to Banshee
Whenever I open a 2gb zip file using Banshee, it plays fine until I close the archive, at which point it ceases to play. Why won't it play the songs when the archive is closed, just like it does for ...
