Hi Tony! I think you are looking for a package named unrar. Greetings, Claus On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 11:35 +1000, Tony Crouch wrote: > Hi All, > A friend has sent me a file which I need to open which has a .rar file > format. > > I was wondering if someone might be able to point me in the right > program direction to getting the file opened. > > Thanks for your help. > > All the best. > > Cheers, > Tony Crouch >