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How to Use RAR files in Ubuntu Linux
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[RAR][1] is a quite good archive file format. But, it isn’t the best when you’ve got 7-zip offering great compression ratios and Zip files being easily supported across multiple platforms by default. It is one of the most popular archive formats, but, [Ubuntu][2]‘s archive manager does not support extracting RAR files nor does it let you create RAR files.
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Fret not, we have a solution for you. To enable the support to extract RAR files, you need to install **UNRAR** – which is a freeware by [RARLAB][3]. And, to create and manage RAR files, you need to install **RAR** – which is available as a trial.
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![RAR files in Ubuntu Linux][4]
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### Extracting RAR Files
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Unless you have it installed, extracting RAR files will show you an error “Extraction not performed“. Here’s how it should look like ([ **Ubuntu 18.04**][5]):
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![Error in RAR extraction in Ubuntu][6]
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If you want to resolve the error and easily be able to extract RAR files, follow the instructions below to install unrar:
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**- >** Launch the terminal and type in:
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sudo apt-get install unrar
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```
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-> After installing unrar, you may choose to type in “ **unrar** ” (without the inverted commas) to know more about its usage and how to use RAR files with the help of it.
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The most common usage would obviously be extracting the RAR file you have. So, **you can either perform a right-click on the file and proceed to extract it** from there or you can do it via the terminal with the help of this command:
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```
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unrar x FileName.rar
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```
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You can see that in action here:
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![Using unrar in Ubuntu][7]
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If the file isn’t present in the Home directory, then you have to navigate to the target folder by using the “ **cd** ” command. For instance, if you have the archive in the Music directory, simply type in “ **cd Music** ” to navigate to the location and then extract the RAR file.
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### Creating & Managing RAR files
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![Using rar archive in Ubuntu Linux][8]
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UNRAR does not let you create RAR files. So, you need to install the RAR command-line tool to be able to create RAR archives.
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To do that, you need to type in the following command:
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sudo apt-get install rar
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```
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Here, we will help you create a RAR file. In order to do that, follow the command syntax below:
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```
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rar a ArchiveName File_1 File_2 Dir_1 Dir_2
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```
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When you type a command in this format, it will add every item inside the directory to the archive. In either case, if you want specific files, just mention the exact name/path.
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By default, the RAR files reside in **HOME** directory.
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In the same way, you can update/manage the RAR files. Just type in a command using the following syntax:
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```
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rar u ArchiveName Filename
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```
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To get the list of commands for the RAR tool, just type “ **rar** ” in the terminal.
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### Wrapping Up
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Now that you’ve known how to use RAR files on Ubuntu, will you prefer using it over 7-zip, Zip, or Tar.xz?
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Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/use-rar-ubuntu-linux/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972](https://github.com/lujun9972)
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[1]: https://www.rarlab.com/rar_file.htm
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[2]: https://www.ubuntu.com/
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[3]: https://www.rarlab.com/
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[4]: https://4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rar-ubuntu-linux.png
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-18-04/
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[6]: https://4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/extract-rar-error.jpg
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[7]: https://4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/unrar-rar-extraction.jpg
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[8]: https://4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rar-update-create.jpg
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