linux extract rar files

linux extract rar files

 

Extract rar-archives

If 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

 

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$ apt-get install unrar  

Method 2: Manual Installation

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$ 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:

 

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$ unrar e The.Wind.That.Shakes.the.Barley.part1.rar  

 

Extract archive with full directory paths:

 

 

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$ unrar x file.rar  

List archive:

 

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$ unrar l file.rar  

 

Test archive:

 

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$ unrar t file.rar  

 

 

Create rar-archives

In order to create a rar-archive and specify which files should be included, use the following command line (archive-name will be test.rar):

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rar a test.rar thisismyfile.txt  

 

You might want to append the best compression (m1=no compression ; m5=best compression):

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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] ):

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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):

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rar a -m5 -hp[password] -v2000M test.rar thisismyfile.txt