How do I open Xara Extreme files on Ubuntu 15.10?

I have a couple of files made with Xara extreme (.xar) and I want to open them on Ubuntu 15.10 but Xara exteme is not available anymore on the repositories.

How do I open this files?

1 Answer

You can use the Open Source version of Xara Xtreme known as 'Xara Extreme for Linux' or Xaralx. This installs on Trusty Tahr as follows:

sudo apt-get install xaralx xaralx-examples xaralx-svg

And in tests on my Trusty Tahr system this both imports and exports .xar files. Screenshot below demonstrating this:

Interestingly enough while xaralx is available and works beautifully under Trusty Tahr it does not appear to be available in either Wily or the upcoming Xenial...

References:

• Wikipedia: Xara Xtreme LX
• Edit Images In Linux With Xara Extreme