How to open winrar files on Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu)

January 4, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Open Office, Ubuntu, Unix 

I just downloaded .rar file. But i can’t open it under my Fedora operating systems. How to open it?

RAR is a proprietary compression format widely used today. By default, Fedora unable to open RAR files. So, you need to install a software called unrar.

How to install unrar on Fedora?

Just use yum command as follows :

# yum install unrar

Under Ubuntu, you need to type apt-get as follows to install unrar program:

# apt-get install unrar

How to use unrar?

Extract a RAR file into the current directory.

# unrar e [filename].rar

eg: # unrar e testing.rar

List contents of a RAR file

# unrar l [filename].rar

eg: # unrar l techkaki.rar

If you want to know more on how to use unrar function, you just type man unrar on your terminal.

:-)

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