jbrooksuk Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) Hey, I posted this on my blog a few months back, but I am re-posting it here as well. This will only work on Debian based systems. Firstly you need the good old terminal window open. Once that has opened type: sudo apt-get install rar You should now be asked for your admin password. If you are not the admin then you will need to ask them to install it. And that's it, RAR archiving will now work seamlessly with Archive Manager! Hope this helps, James Edited July 5, 2009 by James Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjmUK Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Cheers - worked for me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted July 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted July 5, 2009 You should have clarified that this method only works for Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrooksuk Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Cheers - worked for me :D Glad I can help. You should have clarified that this method only works for Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu. I shall add a note now, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KibosJ Subscriber² Posted July 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted July 5, 2009 This method isn't too great when it comes to split archives with passwords. Sometimes it will extract them, but at times it will refuse to extract the files. Single archives it is fine with. I think the best thing is to install WinRAR under wine :) Works much better. Works even better in Crossover Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 7-zip should also work. There's a command line port to UNIX-like systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 for ubuntu I've always done sudo apt-get install unrar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrooksuk Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Still all useful though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeComa Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 For Gentoo I've always done sudo emerge unrar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 5, 2010 Member Share Posted December 5, 2010 for ubuntu I've always done sudo apt-get install unrar Yeah, that works well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tablet_user Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 i just did emerge rar and then i can just unrar or rar e file.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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