Thursday, April 9, 2009

How to extract RAR files in Ubuntu

Before uncompressing a rar file in Ubuntu you will need to install an app called unrar. To install unrar in Ubuntu go to Terminal and paste the following command:
sudo apt-get install unrar
for instructions on how to use it, go to Terminal and paste:
man unrar

Here are some basic commands:
To unrar a file with full path:
$ unrar x file.rar
To list files inside a rar file:
$ unrar l file.rar
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19 comments:

  2. Have you been able to get iTunes to run on wine?
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  5. Thnx now need to do more searching but this did come in handy.
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  6. why i can't input my password when the terminal request it?
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  7. "why i can't input my password when the terminal request it?"

    it does take your password, but it will not show the characters that you type. just type it and hit enter.
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  9. Thanks a lot..
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  10. Package unrar is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package unrar has no installation candidate

    i am getting this message when i try.
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  11. Try to go to your source server in ubuntu and change it to main server and then type in terminal sudo apt-get update...then try again to install it .
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  12. how do u unrar a couple of files at once (more that one file ) ???
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  14. Some thing is better than Nothing, Very simple but very usefull. thanks lot
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  15. Very Helpful..keep it up friend..!!
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  16. Thank you! This worked like a dream (:
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  17. I ask for my password, a type it and it appears "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem" Can you help me?
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  19. A useful software for linux.....thanx friend
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