Par2 on OsX
March 19th, 2008
There’s a handy tool for correcting data errors - Par2
The command line utility for linux is included in most packages, but alas not so on macos. There are still two ways to go - there is a port over at MacPorts but I already have Fink installed and I didn’t really want to get another clutter in the system. So I just found the ALT Linux Source, extracted the rpm and built it.
You can grab the source here Par2.tar.gz
Now just extract it and build it
tar -xvf par2.tar.gz
cd par2cmdline-0.4
chmod +x configure
./configure
make
cd par2cmdline-0.4
chmod +x configure
./configure
make
Now you can just move par2 utility to your path directory of choice.
Just in case you don’t want to bother building it - grab the binary here - par2.bz2
Hi,
Do you have any idea about using it with NINAN (a program for downloading from usenet).
Or do you know of other programs using NZB files to do so.
Thanks
Yoav
Comment by Yoav — April 19, 2008 @ 7:57 am
For downloading from usenet I personally use Nzbdrop to grab files, and then I use UnrarX - it actually includes par2 repairer - so you just drop .par2 file onto unrarX window and it automatically repairs.
Comment by zedr0n — April 19, 2008 @ 9:04 am