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How can I extract sound drivers from Suse for use in Ubuntu?
So I have a bit of a dilemma, I want to use Ubuntu on my home desktop. The problem is that I use a fancy sound card that Ubuntu doesn't support. I use an HT Omega Striker 7.1. The manufacturer only ...
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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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Stencyl wont extract? ubuntu 12.10
so im on 64 bit ubuntu 12.10, and im trying to get Stencyl to work. i have the
Stencyl-2.1.0.tar.gz
but when i try to extract it (like it says to do in the Stencyl download instructions) it gives ...
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modern.ie virtualbox extraction of rar's causes crc fail [closed]
i download the latest rar's from http://modern.ie to test. each time i download them and execute the .sfx file i wait and wait and at the end it produces a crc failed error.
What are some causes of ...
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Open ebooks in Ubuntu 12.04
I have downloaded e-books in both electronic publication and mobile reader. In windows a program called 7zip extracts the files. Which program will do the same in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Why does a “Extract Here” context menu work incorrectly?
I'm a beginner in Linux.
I extracted a android-ndk-r8e-linux-x86.tar.bz2 in Downloads directory with a "Extract Here" context menu.
And I executed "ndk-build" command. Then I got an error message ...
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How to bulk-extract objects from swf (Adobe Flash) files with swfextract?
swftools are a uniq set of tools but lack some user friendliness. They even can't iterate over provided objects to work with:
Only one file allowed. You supplied at least two.
$ swfextract ...
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Extracting images from video in 1 minute intervals
I would like to extract images from a video Exp01.avi, the video is 25 minutes long. I want the images to be extracted from the video after every 1 minute interval. Please someone tell me how to do ...
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How do I extract the contents of a partition backup done with dd?
I did a partition backup using dd and produced a .bin file.
How do I extract the contents of it? I would like to extract the contents to a folder say ~/Test
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How do I extract this source tarball? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file?
I have a source tarball: ap-kernelmodule-1.0.14-13.tar.gz
What specific commands should I issue to extract it?
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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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Extract and save metadata from directory of files
Is there a way to extract and save multiple metadata from a directory of web pages on my drive? I know little about programming so any GUIs would be great. Have got searchmonkey but does not save the ...
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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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Not able to extract files to the icons folder
I downloaded some icons for Ubuntu from a site as a tar.bz2 folder. Now when bi try to extract the icons to my icons folder in the system i am getting the following message- Extraction not performed
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Having trouble with .tar.gz extraction
I tried to extract .tar.gz file using following command
spgt@ubuntu:~$ tar xvf 12.0sp1_232_quartus_free_linux.tar.gz
but this is what I see after I press return
tar: ...
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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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How do I open/extract .xdi file on (x)ubuntu?
Downloaded a bunch of books which were compressed in a .xdi file. How do I open/extract the internal data/files? I go to open, and Ubuntu does not recognize/nor is there a seemingly effective ...
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7-zip error:Extracting META-INF/AIR/hash-Unsupported Method
i get this error when extracting an .air file of botanicula:
this is the only error when extracting with 7-Zip on Xubuntu 11.04
7-Zip 9.04 beta Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Igor Pavlov 2009-05-30
p7zip ...
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Extract mail attachments and body from a .msg file
I'm developing a plugin for a DMS under Ubuntu 10.04. There is the need to extract mail attachments and body from uploaded .msg files. For those who don't know .msg is a MS Outlook file format. On ...
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initrd.lz lzma extract error
i am trying to extract the initrd.lz from the casper folder
lzma -dc -S .lz initrd.lz | cpio -imvd --no-absolute-filenames
and i get this message:
lzma: Decoder error
cpio: premature end of ...
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Extracting zip file fails giving error need PK compat. v5.1
I have a password protected zip file which was created in Windows. When I am trying to extract the same file under Ubuntu I get the error need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6). Any idea how to proceed?
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Extract part of a video with a one-line command
If I have a video, normally avi, but could be any, and I want to create another one in the same format but just a part, the position i seconds to f seconds into the video, what is the one-line command ...
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How I can extract files, name.iso.001 name.iso002 and so on
I just downloaded some materials, but the extensions are not recognize by Ubuntu. How I can extract or mount it? Thanks.
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How do I extract a RPM file?
I've RPM file of which I want to examine its file contents. For .deb packages, I can use dpkg -x file.deb to extract it.
What is the equivalent command for a .rpm file? I'm looking for a command-line ...
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Open password protected rar archieve just keeps asking for the password but won't open halfway thru [closed]
I downloaded a rar archieve with a quite big file inside, and right-click, choose Extract here and enter the password. It starts extraxting, and I can see the file and view parts of it (since the ...
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How to extract files to another directory using 'tar' command?
I think tar archive.tar /users/mylocation will work. But it doesn't. How can I do that?
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Where is the difference between using `pdfimages` from poppler-utils and using the one provided by xpdf-utils for image extraction?
I need to extract a bunch of images from a PDF file. pdfimages should do the job. When trying to install, I got two alternatives poppler-utils and xpdf-utils so i wonder, whicht to choose.
Where are ...
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What's the easiest way to unrar a file?
I just realized I can't unrar .rar files on my Ubuntu machine! :)
What's the easiest way to accomplish this fundamental task? If possible I'd love something like 7Zip that I can just right Click, and ...
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How can I extract audio track from video file and save it as mp3?
What is the easiest way to extract an audio track from a video file and save it as mp3 file?
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Is their an application to extract data from files?
I want to extract data from large group of files based on a regular expression.
Is their an application, script, batch or terminal command to do this?
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How to extract and join files xxx.zip, xxx.z01 and xxx.z02
I have three files 1.zip, 1.z01 1.z02. I would like to extract and join them into a file, by right clicking 1.zip and selecting "Extract Here". But then there comes an error:
7-Zip 9.04 beta ...
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What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file?
I received a huge .tar.gz file from a client that contains about 800 mb of image files (when uncompressed.) Our hosting company's ftp is seriously slow, so extracting all the files locally and sending ...
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How do I extract a password protected .7z file?
Can someone tell me how can I extract a password protected .7z file in Ubuntu server?
(I know the password, I just need a program to do so and an example of how to use said program...)

