Here, command ‘ a‘ is for creating an archive. To create a RAR archive in Linux # rar a sample.rar files/ Test the RAR file integrity # unrar t demos.rar List files inside RAR archive # unrar l demos.rar
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UNRAR 3.60 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Alexander Roshal How To Compress / Decompress a RAR Archive on UBUNTU like Win RarUbuntu / XUbuntu / LUbuntu / Ubuntu Mate / Ubuntu GNOMEVersions : 15.10 - 15.04 - 14.10 - 14. Using unrar to extract RAR archive # unrar x demos.rar Extract, test and view RAR archives: Microlinux Server x8664 Third-Party: unrar-5.4.5-x8664-1microlinux.txz: Extract, test and view RAR archives: Salix x8664 Third-Party: unrar-5.0.12-x8664-1gv.txz: RAR files extractor and viewer: Slackonly x8664 Third-Party: unrar-5.3.7-x8664-1slack.txz: Extract, test and view RAR archives: Slacky x86. In case, if apt-get or yum doesn’t find correct repositories containing rar and unrar utilities, then you may download the binaries as below: # wget On Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS machines… # yum install rar unrar On Ubuntu or Debian machines # apt-get rar This tutorial explains how to extract and create rar file in Linux.Ĭheck if your Linux machine already has these utilities. It means, if you have downloaded any RAR file from internet and want that to be opened or extracted in Linux machine, then you need a ‘ rar‘ and ‘ unrar‘ utilities. None of the Linux operating systems (by default) comes with an utility to process RAR files. Everyone might have used RAR files in Windows, but using it on Linux is not straightforward.