Okular can't open .cbr files

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Okular can’t open .cbr files. When I try to open one, it just says “Could not open file:///home/privacyfreak/Books/batmanonedarkknight.cbr.”

Any help would be appreciated

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Some cbr files are compressed using rar.

Try installing unrar and libunrar from the rpmfusion nonfree repos.

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Still gives the same error

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Hmm…I just did some testing. It works here. I had to install unrar. libunrar wasn’t enough.

Then close and re-open okular.

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I have both installed. I’ve closed and reopened Okular, and also rebootd. Still have the same error though

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Can you open it with calibre?

Try opening okular in terminal and see if it outputs there some additional info. Also try flatpacked version from https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.okular

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Calibre didn’t work. I was using the Flatpak for Okular. When I reinstalled the ones from the fedora repos, it worked. It opens fine now. Thanks for all the help

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Maybe flatpaked version is missing unrar and libunrar, report it in Issues · flathub/org.kde.okular · GitHub.