#Ubuntu unrar how to#
#Ubuntu unrar install#
#Ubuntu unrar update#

If you’re running any other Linux distribution chances are it is a derivative of any of the above or otherwise contains unrar in its official repositories.

#Ubuntu unrar install#

Install unrar in Arch Linux pacman -S unrar That should be it for openSUSE since the “non-oss” (non open source) repository, which contains unrar, is added and enabled by default. Speaking of Fedora it may be worth mentioning that Korora, a Fedora-based distribution, enables this repository by default so if you use Korora all you need to do is run the above yum command. Once you have it you can simply run the following command to install: sudo yum install unrar Command line set up options are also shown. It involves downloading and launching a couple of files, and following prompts on the screen. Just follow the simple instructions provided at. In Fedora you need to add a RPM Fusion Non-Free repository before you can install unrar.

#Ubuntu unrar update#

If by the time you read this you’re running a newer version than Debian 7 (codenamed “wheezy”), just replace “wheezy” above with the new codename.Īfter adding the repository you should update the package database to make new packages available for install: sudo apt-get updateĪnd then you can install the same way you would in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install unrar Install unrar in Fedora To enable it run (or copy-paste) the following command: sudo echo 'deb wheezy non-freeĭeb wheezy/updates non-free deb wheezy/volatile non-free' > /etc/apt// I know, those names are kinda hilarious when you string them together like that! But on to the install: sudo apt-get install unrar Install unrar in Debianĭebian is the grandaddy of Ubuntu, but it follows a quite different philosophy, and so does not enable the non-free repository by default. This also covers all of the Ubuntu variants like Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Lubuntu.

#Ubuntu unrar how to#

With that said, here is how to install unrar in the few most popular Linux distributions. Some distributions avoid including non-free or non open source software by default, because they want to encourage using only Free Open Source Software, either for philosophical or practical reasons. This is because unrar, with the exception of the unrar-free package (which doesn’t support all. Some distributions may, however, require you to enable or add an additional repository to those included by default, which is usually the one containing various proprietary packages. That can be either a graphical user interface program like Ubuntu Software Center, or a command like tool like apt-get. That should make installing it easy by using your distribution’s package management system. rar archives, is often available for install from repositories of a given Linux distribution. The unrar program, which serves to open and extract popular.