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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<guide self="ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/other-formats/">
<chapter>
<title>Other Archive Formats</title>

<body>
<p>
There are a variety of other archive formats which you may encounter.
Instructions for some of them are detailed below:
</p>
</body>

<section>
<title>Zip Files</title>
<body>

<p>
If a package is supplied as a .zip file, you should:
</p>

<ul>
   <li><c>DEPEND</c> upon <c>app-arch/unzip</c></li>
   <li>Use <c>unpack</c> as normal</li>
</ul>

</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>Shar Files</title>
<body>
<p>
If a package is supplied as a <c>.shar</c> file, you should repackage it locally
into a <c>.tar.bz2</c>. It may also be useful to ask upstream to use a friendlier
package format <d/> however, if they ship <c>.shar</c>, chances are they haven't
done a release in at least ten years.
</p>
</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>RAR Files</title>
<body>

<p>
<c>.rar</c> files must be repackaged locally into a <c>.tar.bz2</c> file.
</p>

</body>
</section>

</chapter>
</guide>