Hey guys!
I am using Ubuntu linux 8.10 for a quite a while. I installed wine so that i can run windows programs in ubuntu. But instead of using windows winrar to extract the files, can i use any other linux software to do that??
Help guys!
Hey guys!
I am using Ubuntu linux 8.10 for a quite a while. I installed wine so that i can run windows programs in ubuntu. But instead of using windows winrar to extract the files, can i use any other linux software to do that??
Help guys!
Visit this thread if you have Fedora :Extract winrar files on Fedora
Common for all Linux, to extract the file from archive type the following code in terminal after navigating to the folder from terminal where the rar file is located :
Code:$ unrar e file.rar
You have to install unrar command before you can use it...
Under Debian Linux, you need to type apt-get as follows to install unrar program:
If you are using Fedora core Linux then use yum command as follows :Code:# apt-get install unrar
If you are using FreeBSD, use:Code:# yum install unrar
If any of above, methods is not working for you, download binary package from official rarlab site:Code:# pkg_add -v -r unrar
Untar file :Code:$ cd /tmp $ wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
Both unrar and rar commands are located in rar sub-directory. Just go to rar directory:Code:$ tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
Now copy rar and unrar to /bin directory:Code:$ cd rar $ ./unrar
Code:# cp rar unrar /bin
How to use unrar
unrar command supports various options below are common options that you need to use everyday.
Task: To open rar (unpack) file in current directory type command:
Please note that replace file.rar filename with your actual filename.Code:$ unrar e file.rar
Task: List (l) file inside rar archive:
Task: To extract (x) files with full path type command:Code:$ unrar l file.rar
(D) To test (t) integrity of archive, file type command:Code:$ unrar x file.rar
Code:$ unrar t file.rar
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