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Idea #16690: Allow easy download of archive file formats.

Written by arckeda the 20 Dec 08 at 22:55. Related project: Archive Manager. Status: New
Rationale
When I download a .rar file or a .7z file and double click it, I am told that the "Archive Type is not supported." there should be a download button under that that allows me to quickly and easily download the required programs, such as rar / unrar. If the program is proprietary, the EULA should pop up. Doing this would make it easier for newbies to use Ubuntu, and save time for me.

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After reading comments, it would also make sense to do this with most file formats, though I think it might already do this with certain media formats. Ex: Does it do this with .mp3s?
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16690
Written by arckeda the 20 Dec 08 at 22:55.
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pepperpupper wrote on the 20 Dec 08 at 22:58
I think this should be done for most file extensions

neon wrote on the 21 Dec 08 at 01:33
Once PackageKit is integrated, this will be way easy to do.


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