Using rar in Linux
Q : How can I open and extract rar file ?
Rar files are compressed file, you need to decompressed it or unrar it.
There is linux software called unrar, able to read , open and extract rar files.
$ wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
Untar the downloaded 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
To Extract Rar files use:
$ unrar x rar.file
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