patool error

[janvib27]

I have created an environment and executing as instructed in Github.
ubuntu:18.04
python 3.6
On executing this command I am getting the following error:
python vgg16_bidirectional_lstm_train.py
Using TensorFlow backend.
unzipping ucf file
patool: Extracting very_large_data/UCF101.rar ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "vgg16_bidirectional_lstm_train.py", line 38, in
main()
File "vgg16_bidirectional_lstm_train.py", line 27, in main
load_ucf(input_dir_path)
File "../keras_video_classifier/library/utility/ucf/UCF101_loader.py", line 75, in load_ucf
download_ucf(data_dir_path)
File "../keras_video_classifier/library/utility/ucf/UCF101_loader.py", line 34, in download_ucf
patoolib.extract_archive(ucf_rar, outdir=data_dir_path)
File "/home/dipesh/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/patoolib/init.py", line 684, in extract_archive
return _extract_archive(archive, verbosity=verbosity, interactive=interactive, outdir=outdir, program=program)
File "/home/dipesh/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/patoolib/init.py", line 470, in _extract_archive
program = find_archive_program(format, 'extract', program=program)
File "/home/dipesh/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/patoolib/init.py", line 336, in find_archive_program
raise util.PatoolError("could not find an executable program to %s format %s; candidates are (%s)," % (command, format, ",".join(programs)))
patoolib.util.PatoolError: could not find an executable program to extract format rar; candidates are (rar,unrar,7z),
Kindly help me resolve this issue. Thanks in advance.

[tianjihuimou]

Have you solved this problem? I have met it, too

[LiveNL]

The actual error seems to appear here:
patoolib.util.PatoolError: could not find an executable program to extract format rar; candidates are (rar,unrar,7z),

this can be resolved by installing one of the proposed candidates (for example; brew install unrar)

[SheldonXin]

@janvib27 hey,bro,I met the same problem with you,do you solve it?

[sasikanth513]

brew install unrar worked for me on OS X

[tanujdhiman]

Hello all
I'm also using Ubuntu And getting this error. How did you resolve this ?

[Thijxx]

Hello all I'm also using Ubuntu And getting this error. How did you resolve this ?

you can install unrar with sudo apt install unrar

this issue comes up high on google so I necroposted to it

[rajat709]

Hello @Thijxx
I have installed both rar and unrar on Colab and I'm currently working on repacking a zip file into a rar format. However, when using the patoolib.repack_archive() function with verbosity set to 0, I encounter the following error: 'PatoolError: could not find an executable program to create format rar; candidates are (rar)'. Do you have any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

[Thijxx]

Hello @Thijxx I have installed both rar and unrar on Colab and I'm currently working on repacking a zip file into a rar format. However, when using the patoolib.repack_archive() function with verbosity set to 0, I encounter the following error: 'PatoolError: could not find an executable program to create format rar; candidates are (rar)'. Do you have any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

does it return something when you run which rar?

[rajat709]

Yes, it gives the path where rar files stored.

[Thijxx]

could not find an executable program to create format rar; candidates are (rar)'

Then I don't know what is happening, you may want to try StackOverflow, I don't think the problem is directly related to code in this repo