How To Install rar on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rar on Ubuntu.
What is rar
rar is:
This is the RAR archiver from Eugene Roshal. It supports multiple volume archives and damage protection. It can also create SFX-archives. There are versions which run on DOS, Windows (3.1x,95,NT), FreeBSD, BSDI.
This program is shareware and you must register it after 40 days of use.
There are three methods to install rar on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rar
Install rar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rar
Install rar Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rar
How To Uninstall rar on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rar
Uninstall rar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rar
Remove rar Configurations and Data
To remove rar configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rar
Remove rar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rar
Dependencies
rar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rar package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.