How to decompress RAR files in windows in linux 1. How to decompress rarfiles compressed in WINDOWS, and how to decompress files on LINUX? By default, rarfiles cannot be decompressed in linux, install RAR compression software for linux. 2, for: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm is currently the latest version of 4.2.0. 3, download and decompress tar-zxvf rarlinux-x64-4.2.0.tar.gz 4, enter the rar directory, run make command for installation 5, after installation is complete, run rar command appears the following error: [root @ hbserver rar] # rar:/lib/libc. so.6: version 'glibc _ 2.7 not found (required by rar) is not actually a GLIBC version. perform the following operations to solve the problem: cp rar_static/usr/local/bin/rar 6. When you run the rar command, no errors will occur. It is generally used for decompression: rar x aa.rar decompress the aa.rar compressed file to the aa directory, and maintain the directory structure of the aa file before compression.