Rar file. Cannot open files or folders if their name contains portuguese characters like ~ or ç

[Rui Moreira]

Binary package hint: file-roller

Rar file. Cannot open files or folders if their name contains portuguese characters like ~ or ç

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: file-roller 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 7 23:39:03 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/file-roller
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt:pt_BR:en
 LANG=pt_PT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: file-roller

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Can you attach a small example file to demonstrate the problem?

[Rui Moreira (rui-f-moreira)]

Hello Benjamin Drung,

Attached is one of the files giving me this problem.

/I ended up doing it the old fashioned way :-)

//unrar x Ken\ Follett\ -\ Na\ Toca\ do\ Leão.rar/

But we use these characters a lot in Portugal so most of the filenames
have this.
For the Ubuntu newcomer this is not a minor problem.

Thanks for all the help.

On 12/05/2012 09:25 PM, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Can you attach a small example file to demonstrate the problem?
>

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

I can extract that example file without problems (it just contains a ã, but no ~ or ç). I use Ubuntu 12.10 and have unar installed.

Which Ubuntu version do you use? Which of these package do you have installed: unar, unrar, rar?

[Rui Moreira (rui-f-moreira)]

I'm currently using Ubuntu 12.10.
I have both rar and unrar installed, not unar. I Installed unar but that
did not help either.
The problem happens when using the native "Archive Manager" (V 3.6.1.1).
Opening the rar archive works fine but when I try to extract the rtf
file inside the rar it says "An error occorred while extracting files".

On 12/05/2012 10:35 PM, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> I can extract that example file without problems (it just contains a ã,
> but no ~ or ç). I use Ubuntu 12.10 and have unar installed.
>
> Which Ubuntu version do you use? Which of these package do you have
> installed: unar, unrar, rar?
>

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Can you do following test:

1) Install unar, uninstall rar und unrar.
2) Try to reproduce your bug.
3) Uninstall unar (and unrar). Install rar.
4) Try to reproduce your bug.
5) Uninstall rar (and unar). Install unrar.
6) Try to reproduce your bug.

[Rui Moreira (rui-f-moreira)]

OK. This is my test result:
All works well if RAR is not installed. Once I install RAR, the name of
the RTF file inside the RAR changes to
"Ken Follett - Na Toca do LeÆo.rtf"

Having RAR removed works perfectly.

Thank you for all your help.

On 12/05/2012 11:53 PM, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Can you do following test:
>
> 1) Install unar, uninstall rar und unrar.
> 2) Try to reproduce your bug.
> 3) Uninstall unar (and unrar). Install rar.
> 4) Try to reproduce your bug.
> 5) Uninstall rar (and unar). Install unrar.
> 6) Try to reproduce your bug.
>

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thanks for the test. It's a bug in the rar package, then.