[Linux] How to extract RAR files under Ubuntu

Generally through the default installation of Ubuntu can not extract RAR files, only after the installation of RAR decompression tool, can be decompressed. In fact, the installation of RAR decompression tool under Ubuntu is very simple, only need two steps can be quickly done.

Ubuntu RAR Decompression Tool installation method: Install the decompression tool

sudo apt-get install unace unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils rar uudeview mpack lha ARJ cabextract

Compression function

Installing sudo apt-get install rar
Uninstalling sudo apt-get remove rar

Decompression function

Installing sudo apt-get install Unrar
Uninstalling sudo apt-get remove Unrar



Full overview of Ubuntu decompression commands

. tar

Unpacking: Tar xvf Filename.tar

Package: Tar cvf filename.tar DirName

Note: Tar is packaged, not compressed!

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. gz

Decompression 1:gunzip filename.gz

Decompression 2:gzip-d filename.gz

Compression: gzip FileName

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. tar.gz and. tgz

Decompression: Tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

Compression: Tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

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. bz2

Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz2

Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz2

Compression: Bzip2-z FileName

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. tar.bz2

Decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2

Compression: Tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

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. BZ

Decompression 1:bzip2-d filename.bz

Decompression 2:BUNZIP2 filename.bz

Compression: Unknown

. tar.bz

Decompression: Tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

Compression: Unknown

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. Z

Decompression: uncompress filename.z

Compression: Compress FileName

. Tar. Z

Decompression: Tar zxvf filename.tar.z

Compression: Tar zcvf filename.tar.z DirName

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. zip

Decompression: Unzip Filename.zip

Compression: Zip Filename.zip DirName

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. rar

Decompression: rar x Filename.rar

Compression: rar a Filename.rar DirName

RAR please to: http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm download!

After extracting, copy the rar_static to the/usr/bin directory (other directories specified by the $PATH environment variable are also available):

[email protected] tmp]# CP Rar_static/usr/bin/rar

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. Lha

Decompression: Lha-e Filename.lha

Compression: Lha-a Filename.lha FileName

LHA please go to: http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix/download!

> After unpacking, copy the LHA to the/usr/bin directory (other directories specified by the $PATH environment variable are also available):

[email protected] tmp]# CP lha/usr/bin/

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. rpm

Unpacking: Rpm2cpio filename.rpm | Cpio-div

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. deb

Unpacking: ar p filename.deb data.tar.gz | Tar zxf-

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Tar. tgz. tar.gz. Tar. Z. tar.bz. tar.bz2. zip. cpio. Arj. rar. Ace. Lha. Lzh. Lzx. Lzs., Arc. SDA. SFX. Lnx. Zoo. cab. Kar. cpt. P it. Sit. Sea

Decompression: sEx x filename.*

Compression: SEx a filename.* FileName