patoolib.util.PatoolError: could not find an executable program to extract format rar; candidates are rar,unrar,7z,7zz,7zzs,unar

[AMAprogrammer]

hello
i want to extract a zip file by patoolib in python but this error shows

[AMAprogrammer]

i tried this way

        patoolib.extract_archive(archive=file_adress, outdir=f"/home/container/users_file/{chat_id}/files/",password=password)

but this error shows

patoolib.util.PatoolError: could not find an executable program to extract format rar; candidates are rar,unrar,7z,7zz,7zzs,unar

[harkabeeparolus]

could not find an executable program to extract format rar

This indicates that the file is perhaps not a zip file. Patool seems to detect it as a RAR file.

[wummel]

Use the newest patool version and run with option "-vv" (twice verbose). The debugging output will tell you what file type is detected.

You can also run file yourarchive.zip to display information about the archive file.

[Asachoo]

If you are trying to decompress a ###*.rar### file, this error may be caused by the lack of unrar on your server/Linux PC.
You can install unrar to solve this issue. You can download the executable file directly when offline.

[harkabeeparolus]

If you are trying to decompress a ###*.rar### file, this error may be caused by the lack of unrar on your server/Linux PC.

The original poster said that they wanted to extract a zip file:

hello i want to extract a zip file by patoolib in python but this error shows [....]