Add non-free section to you sources.list, i.e. change deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ etch main to deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ etch main non-free
and install package 'unrar' which is the latest (but non-free) version of unrar, supporting RAR archives ver 3.x Max On Nov 14, 2007 10:28 AM, Dave Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a friend with a new debian amd-64 install. He has unrar-free but it > won't open RAR 3.0 files. It looks like it would be worthwhile to try unrar > but I am not able to get appropriate access for synaptic. > > I went to: > http://packages.debian.org/sid/unrar/amd64/download > > and tried adding a line to /etc/apt/sources.list as suggested at that page but > get error warnings when starting synaptic. The error text is: > > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-amd64_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://http.us.debian.org sarge/non-free Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://http.us.debian.org sarge/contrib Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > the current sources.list file is: > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official > amd64 DVD Binary-1 20070819 -12:16]/ etch contrib main > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official > amd64 DVD Binary-1 20070819 -12:16]/ etch contrib main > > deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ etch main > deb-src http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ etch main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > contrib > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > contrib > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ sarge main > non-free contrib > > The net effect is that searching > for unrar gives only the already installed unrar-free. I have the .deb > package for unrar but installing it fails due to a dependency error. > > Can someone point me to a tutorial or explain how to get better information > about the problem? This is what I got from uname: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux debianroger 2.6.18-5-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Oct 2 20:37:02 UTC 2007 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > Thanks very much. > > Dave > > -- > Alexis Soyer, that Napoleon of the kitchen, to celebrate the ending of the > Crimea war, served up a dish which he called a Culinary Emblem of Peace, > containing among many other ingredients twelve boxes of lobsters and 200 > eggs. > > - H.W. Tilman > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]