linux extract rar files

linux extract rar files Extract rar-archivesIf you need to extract rar files in Linux, you have to download and install unrar from rarlabs.com. You can accomplish that by making use of the following methods: Method 1: Automated Installation [html] $ apt-get install unrar  Method 2: Manual Installation[html] $ cd /tmp  $ wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.9.3.tar.gz  $ tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.9.3.tar.gz  $ cd rar  $ ./unrar  $ cp rar unrar /bin  After you installed it, you can use it like that:Extract archive: [html] $ unrar e The.Wind.That.Shakes.the.Barley.part1.rar   Extract archive with full directory paths:  [html] $ unrar x file.rar  List archive: [html] $ unrar l file.rar   Test archive: [html] $ unrar t file.rar    Create rar-archivesIn order to create a rar-archive and specify which files should be included, use the following command line (archive-name will be test.rar):[html] rar a test.rar thisismyfile.txt   You might want to append the best compression (m1=no compression ; m5=best compression):[html] rar a test.rar -m5 thisismyfile.txt   If you also would like to password protect your files + filenames, use the following line (The password of the file will be: [password] ):[html] rar a -m5 -hp[password] test.rar thisismyfile.txt    If you’d also like to split your archive at a specified filesize, use the following line (which splits the archive as soon it reaches a size of 2000 MegaBytes):[html] rar a -m5 -hp[password] -v2000M test.rar thisismyfile.txt