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"Parsing filters unsupported" error during extraction of RAR file

I have received an .rar which I wish to unpack as it contains something rather important to me that I need to really have now. However even though I can view the contents of the .rar archive in the Archive Manager, I am unable to extract it due to…
user364819
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how to extract tar.7z files from command line?

Is there a way to extract files of tar.7z format using command line tools in Ubuntu?
pacodelumberg
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Extract a rar file with a password that contains special characters

How can I extract a rar file with a password that contains special characters like ', ", `, /, \, ^, (space), !, ?, {, }, [, ], $, &, %, *, ~, :, ,, <, >, etc. Here is an example of PASSWORD…
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How to extract files from a split 7zip archive ended by .001 and .002?

I have two files data.7z.001 and data.7z.002. l tried to extract them using : 7z e asdf data.7z.001 l got this error 7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 p7zip Version 9.20…
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Unzip subdirectory contents of zip file to /tmp?

As part of a scripted software installation on Xenial Xerus I have a zipped archive called 'test.zip' that contains, among other files, some files in a sub-directory called samples: andrew@athens:~/Desktop$ unzip -l test.zip Archive: test.zip …
andrew.46
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How to read/mount a .gz.dd image file?

I have a partition file (a .gz.dd file) that I need to read the files from. I'm new to Linux and I don't know how I can read/mount .dd files in Ubuntu. Would you guys tell me the procedure of reading the file? Thanks.
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How to zip a folder with a lot of duplicate files inside, with the highest possible compression level?

I know that using tar with -J option makes it possible to compress a folder with a high level of compression resulting a tar.xz file. I have a folder holding multiple backups of my working space, each of which containing a lot of libraries (.so and…
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How can I open a .gz.td file?

I have a file named IBM Quickstart Linux.gz.td, which I am having trouble extracting. Archive Manager says that it is not supported. How do I extract .gz.td files in Ubuntu 15.04?
Aevi
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Not enough space in Ubuntu for extraction

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 I have to extract a 15 GB file which will decompress to around 62 GB. I have this file on NTFS partition with 134 GB free. But still, I am getting the error message " Not enough space. Free up some files ". Extraction…
umair khan
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How to decompress encrypted .enz files

Until a recent reinstall of 16.04 I was able to extract encrypted .enz files (made with Cobian in Windows) with the Ubuntu archive manager. Now, following the reinstall, archive manager chokes on the encryption password with the message, "An error…
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Extract files to new folder in PCManFM

When I use the context menu to extract compressed files on PCManFM, I would like it to automatically create a folder and put the extracted files in it, like it used to happen in Nautilus back when I was able to use it, instead of putting all the…
Raphael
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bzip2 error ubuntu 16.04 (xenial)

I downloaded a file from lynx sources site: http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/?C=M;O=D Specifically this file: lynx2.8.8rel.2.tar.bz2 (tried several from the site). When I apply tar xjf to the file I receive the following error: …
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QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture

I have a LibreOffice Impress file, which I downloaded from the internet. Most probably it was made with something equivalent on a Mac, since all the pictures are replaced with this message: "QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this…
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Cannot open AR archive file!

I have compressed couple of files and folders (mostly photos) using 'Archive Manager' on Ubuntu 14.04. During compression I've selected file type as AR from the drop-down selector. Now when I'm trying to decompress that *.AR file using 'Archive…
All Others
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Extracting a tar ball fails with "Cannot open: Not a directory"

I am trying to extract an tarball, I keep getting this error tar: mediatek/custom/common/lk/lcm/bp101wx1_n/bp101wx1_n.c: Cannot open: Not a directory tar: mediatek/custom/common/lk/lcm/hsd070idw1/hsd070idw1.c: Cannot open: Not a directory tar:…
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