Unrarring on a seebox

[ptp5352]

Is it possible to unrar files on a seedbox. If so does anyone know the unix commands and how long it would take to rar say a 4gb dvdr.

[4play]

yes its possible.

you will need to install rar on your seed box. im assuming you have ssh access.

at a guess i would say you have to do


How do I install RAR on Linux?


After unpacking the archive using "tar xvfz rarlinux-3.2.0.tar.gz" on your Linux machine, copy all the RAR files to /usr/sbin/. (except the text files).

As a registered user, copy the rarreg.key to your home directory, for example /root/ or /home/user.

Then start RAR in the command line mode.

If you get the following error message:

rar: error in loading shared libraries: libstdc++
cannot open shared object file

...please use the static version of RAR -> "rar_static".


of course if you are using fedora or ubuntu then you could just use yum or apt-get to install it. there is a guide here (http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/open-rar-file-or-extract-rar-files-under-linux-or-unix/)


its speed will depend on your processor you may want to play around with its nice level so you dont use all the cpu if its a shared box.

[prima1]

in putty

# wget http://rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
# cd /root
# tar xvfz rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
# cd rar
# make
# make install

now you can unrar files with it
here's a manual about its commands
http://www.rarreg.com/users_manual.php

the only two you need to know are

rar e filename
which extracts files without their directory structure

rar x filename
extracts the full directory structure

now if you want to rar files with it here's an example
rar a -v100000k -m0 -t archivename filename

if you do not type a filename it will add the entire content of the current directory to the archive
-v100000k means it will create split archive 100M size each
-m0 means store compression which is the fastest
-t it tests archives after creating them
if archive or file name includes spaces or weird characters you need to wrap them in " "
if you wanna say add multiple files to an archive you can use the following
rar a -v100000k -m0 -t archivename '*.doc' '*.txt'
this will add all files with .doc and .txt extension to the archive
i don't know how to add each file to separate archive though
if anyone can help me with it i would be very grateful

and here's a manual for linux commands for beginners (to move files around or delete files ... etc)
http://www.linuxhelp.net/newbies/

[Leecher101]

If you have leeware and the 384MB package then forget it. You will probably crash your server trying to unrar a dvdr. It took forever whenever I tried to unrar a single 350MB or 700MB file.

[prima1]

If you have leeware and the 384MB package then forget it. You will probably crash your server trying to unrar a dvdr. It took forever whenever I tried to unrar a single 350MB or 700MB file.

I unrar those quickly actually, but never tried to unrar a DVDR
You can free up 85MB of RAM by the method Jayway mentioned here
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-installing-utorrent-leeware-walkthrough-post1958687/postcount134

[Leecher101]

leeware is ditched/gone. I decided to give it a second chance and it still sucked.

Good luck with the unraring.

[4play]

If you have leeware and the 384MB package then forget it. You will probably crash your server trying to unrar a dvdr. It took forever whenever I tried to unrar a single 350MB or 700MB file.

I unrar those quickly actually, but never tried to unrar a DVDR
You can free up 85MB of RAM by the method Jayway mentioned here
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-installing-utorrent-leeware-walkthrough-post1958687/postcount134

That 85mb of ram is just reserved it gives it back if other programs ask for it.

Just remeber to run yum update on a regular basis if you remove the auto updater.

oh yeah try using nice to make any unraring work in the background.

nice +15 rar x filename

that should work nicely.