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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Extract rar files under Linux

Source
If normal installation methods are not working for you, download binary package from official rarlab site:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz

Untar file
$ tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
Both unrar and rar commands are located in rar sub-directory. Just go to rar directory:
$ cd rar
$ ./unrar

Now copy rar and unrar to /bin directory:
# 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: 
$ unrar e myfile.rar
myfile.rar is the filename you want to unpack.
Task: List (l) file inside rar archive: 
$ unrar l myfile.rar
Task: To extract (x) files with full path type command:
 $ unrar x myfile.rar
(D) To test (t) integrity of archive, file type command:
$ unrar t myfile.rar

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