
			   * File Roller *

		  an archive manager utility for the
			  GNOME Environment.

* What is it ?

  File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME 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)
          * lzop (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
          * 7zip (.tar.7z)
    * 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, lzop, rzip.

* 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 
  GNOME environment version 2.x, with the development tools installed
  properly. 

  Also you need the following libraries: 
  	* glib >= 2.16.0
  	* gtk+ >= 2.12.0
  	* libgnome >= 2.6.0
  	* libgnomeui >= 2.6.0
        * libglade >= 2.4.0
        * libnautilus-extension >= 2.22.2 (optional)

* Install

  ./configure 
  make
  make install
