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+ * File Roller *
+
+ an archive manager utility for the
+ MATE Environment.
+
+* What is it ?
+
+ File Roller is an archive manager for the MATE environment. This means
+ that you can create and modify archives; view the content of an archive;
+ view and modify a file contained in the archive; extract files from the
+ archive.
+
+ File Roller is only a front-end (a graphical interface) to archiving programs
+ like tar and zip. The supported file types are :
+ * 7-Zip Compressed File (.7z)
+ * WinAce Compressed File (.ace)
+ * ALZip Compressed File (.alz)
+ * AIX Small Indexed Archive (.ar)
+ * ARJ Compressed Archive (.arj)
+ * Cabinet File (.cab)
+ * UNIX CPIO Archive (.cpio)
+ * Debian Linux Package (.deb) [Read-only mode]
+ * ISO-9660 CD Disc Image (.iso) [Read-only mode]
+ * Java Archive (.jar)
+ * Java Enterprise archive (.ear)
+ * Java Web Archive (.war)
+ * LHA Archive (.lzh, .lha)
+ * WinRAR Compressed Archive (.rar)
+ * RAR Archived Comic Book (.cbr)
+ * RPM Linux Package (.rpm) [Read-only mode]
+ * Tape Archive File:
+ * uncompressed (.tar)
+ or compressed with:
+ * gzip (.tar.gz , .tgz)
+ * bzip (.tar.bz , .tbz)
+ * bzip2 (.tar.bz2 , .tbz2)
+ * compress (.tar.Z , .taz)
+ * lrzip (.tar.lrz , .tlrz)
+ * lzip (.tar.lz , .tlz)
+ * lzop (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
+ * 7zip (.tar.7z)
+ * xz (.tar.xz)
+ * Stuffit Archives (.bin, .sit)
+ * ZIP Archive (.zip)
+ * ZIP Archived Comic Book (.cbz)
+ * ZOO Compressed Archive File (.zoo)
+ * Single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, lrzip, lzip,
+ lzop, rzip, xz.
+
+* Home Page
+
+ http://fileroller.sourceforge.net
+
+* Licensing
+
+ This program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ License (GNU GPL) version 2 or greater.
+ You can find a copy of the license in the file COPYING.
+
+* Dependencies
+
+ In order to build this program from the source code you need a working
+ MATE environment version 2.x, with the development tools installed
+ properly.
+
+ Also you need the following libraries:
+ * glib >= 2.16.0
+ * gtk+ >= 2.12.0
+ * libmate >= 2.6.0
+ * libmateui >= 2.6.0
+ * libglade >= 2.4.0
+ * libcaja-extension >= 2.22.2 (optional)
+
+* Install
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install