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