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#1 2017-02-12 13:14:14

ArchieGolightly
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Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

I haven't visited this forum for 2 years I think, a testament to Arch's stability! I'm by no means an advanced user but I like Arch's cutting edge, rolling release system and I want to stick with Arch come what may.

With that said, following a power outage during a system upgrade, I had to install a new Arch system since my old one suddenly started behaving very strangely. I had Wine installed on that system and I don't recall any problems with getting Winrar to work.

Now, however, I am struggling to get Winrar to install, never mind run. I have installed 7zip as a test and that worked without a hitch but Winrar is proving to be very stubborn. I've tried installing all optional dependencies for Wine, I've tried uninstalling (pacman -Rsc) and reinstalling but to no avail.

I've searched online for a solution but I haven't managed to find anything so I have decided to turn to the community here in a bid to solve my problem.

TL;DR Why can't I install Winrar with Wine on a new 64x Arch system?

FYI I'm running it on VMWare.

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#2 2017-02-12 13:31:07

Omar007
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

Did you check the AppDB? https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … on&iId=391
It seems the latest version might have some issues.

On a side-note, why would you want to use WinRAR at all?

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#3 2017-02-12 13:33:34

ArchieGolightly
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

Omar007 wrote:

Did you check the AppDB? https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … on&iId=391
It seems the 32-bit version might have some issues.

On a side-note, why would you want to use WinRAR at all?

Crud, no I hadn't seen that.

I like the functionality of Winrar which I haven't been able to find duplicated in other, native Linux apps. It's very versatile which I find helpful.

I've tried using a few of the suggested apps but they all leave something wanting so about a year or so ago I began using Winrar via Wine.

It still works on my broken system, when I manage to login. Just can't get it to work on the new one and I can't understand why, both systems are 64 bit...

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#4 2017-02-12 15:44:31

infinarchy
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

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Last edited by infinarchy (2017-11-04 21:39:58)

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#5 2017-02-12 17:55:35

ArchieGolightly
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

infinarchy wrote:
Omar007 wrote:

why would you want to use WinRAR at all?

+1

@ArchieGolightly Have you tried ark?

WinRAR for Linux
Source: http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm

I used to use Ark when I ran a KDE desktop environment, just installed it again (currently using XFCE because it's less resource intensive) and it seems Ark can't zip in rar format :\

Thanks for suggesting it tho, I would prefer to use a native app rather than clunk up my system with Wine and windows programmes.

I'm hopeless with terminal commands so I prefer a gui.

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#6 2017-02-12 20:22:38

Soukyuu
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

Ark can create files, but you need to have rar installed. Unrar only allows opening archives (hence, the un- prefix).
Ark has really improved a lot lately, but the compression options are still a bit lacking.


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#7 2017-02-14 00:29:42

infinarchy
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

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Last edited by infinarchy (2017-11-04 21:38:40)

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#8 2017-02-15 23:27:31

ArchieGolightly
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

infinarchy wrote:
ArchieGolightly wrote:

and it seems Ark can't zip in rar format :\

Why do you want to create rar archives on a Linux machine? For the warez? Use tar or zip instead.

The "official" WinRAR experience for Linux is called rar - get used to it.

ArchieGolightly wrote:

I'm hopeless with terminal commands so I prefer a gui.

Then, Arch Linux isn't the right thing for you.

You're not even worthy of a snarky comment.

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#9 2017-02-16 01:41:15

infinarchy
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Re: Strange issues with Wine/Winrar/PlayOnLinux

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