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Davronbek is offline Davronbek
2010-04-10 , 15:52
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#41
Nvm, i solved it. Unrar x filename through cd directory solved it all. Yay! N900 is great!
 
Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-04-10 , 16:02
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#42
Originally Posted by Davronbek View Post
Could you give me the correct unrar program to install? Or the command lines to extract a specific rar? So I'm not doing it wrong.
I think there's just the one unrar program around ("unrar --help" reports "UNRAR 3.51 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2005 Alexander Roshal") - that's in the extras-testing repository. The command to use should be:

Code:
unrar x ddf.part1.rar
It should then move onto the other parts automatically. I've just tried this on the N900 and it works fine.
 
mangamannn is offline mangamannn
2010-04-10 , 16:10
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#43
Only format 7-zip not work is ACE.
 
devilsoulll is offline devilsoulll
2010-04-14 , 13:14
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#44
Originally Posted by Davronbek View Post
Nvm, i solved it. Unrar x filename through cd directory solved it all. Yay! N900 is great!
hey there..i'm kinda struggling how to unzip through directory..can u tell me how plz..
thnx
 
lfcobra is offline lfcobra
2010-04-14 , 14:17
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#45
I understand the frustration some of the users are feeling by wanting a nice gui to be able to unzip/unrar files directly from the file browser but doing it on the command line really isnt that difficult after you figure out where your files are stored.

For those having difficulty I'd suggest finding a linux terminal tutorial. If you are a serious n900 user then it would be extremely beneficial to learn about one of the powerful tools on the n900: the terminal

On a side note, I had no idea that unzip and unrar were available! Yay! No more connecting to my laptop to uncompress stuff! thx for the info all
 
rickrvo is offline rickrvo
2010-04-14 , 15:14
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#46
we have a top of the line phone and you think that commands are not that bad? the era of dos and linux commands are long gone...

its great that we have a terminal to AID in some things but not to use it like the main feature...

linux always had the theme "why make it easier if we can still use commands for everything!?"

 

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lfcobra is offline lfcobra
2010-04-14 , 16:21
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#47
Originally Posted by rickrvo View Post
we have a top of the line phone and you think that commands are not that bad? the era of dos and linux commands are long gone...
Not likely... I think the statistic is like +70% of all servers run linux and as long as they do command line will live on. The command line also allows for large batch operations, such as unzipping ever file in a directory. If a GUI didnt support such operations you could be forced to do each file individually. Not fun. Learning to use the tools at hand or not is entirely up to you.

Originally Posted by rickrvo View Post
its great that we have a terminal to AID in some things but not to use it like the main feature...
I personally dont use it as a main feature. I maybe only open it every couple of days. But its nice to have it an not need it than to need it and not have it (like some competitor devices).

Originally Posted by rickrvo View Post
linux always had the theme "why make it easier if we can still use commands for everything!?"
Not entirely sure I agree with this statement. I mean if it were true then things like Gnome, KDE, XFCE, Blackbox would never have been created. I will concede that Linux may not be the easiest to use OS but if you wanted a goof proof phone maybe you should have bought an iCompetitor instead of the n900...
 
rickrvo is offline rickrvo
2010-04-14 , 17:09
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#48
I don't like the iThing... i always had nokia and loved nokia for the phones it has. I just can't sit by and read whenm someone says that commands are cool lolol.

I know linux is great for server purposes but on a mobile phone... it's way better to use the touch interface than to type commands...
 

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dscobsct is offline dscobsct
2010-04-17 , 10:05
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#49
since xarchiver for diablo works so well on the n900, well perfectly well for me so far. how hard is it to make a new gui on top of it
 
qalhat is offline qalhat
2010-04-27 , 23:30
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#50
Originally Posted by jishin View Post
7-zip is a good choice.

To install on n900,

Step 1: activate Extras-testing

Application manager --> Application catalogs --> New
Catalog name: maemo.org extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free


Step 2 : Open x terminal

Step 3 : 'sudo gainroot'

Step 4: 'apt-get update'

Step 5: 'apt-get install p7zip-full'

now 7-zip is installed into the n900


To extract files, open the terminal and type '7z e test.zip'

check following link to find complete command line options of 7z - http://dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples


thanks a lot, 7z works great. any idea in how to install rar also?
 
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