The UnRar package contains a
RAR extraction utility used for
extracting files from RAR archives.
RAR archives are usually created
with WinRAR, primarily in a
Windows environment.
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
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Download (HTTP): https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-6.2.12.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 1f526429e8e50a9b3b94f325b2848c24
Download size: 244 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.3 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
This package extracts the tarball to the unversioned
directory unrar and not the expected directory
unrar-6.2.12.
Install UnRar by running the following commands:
make -f makefile
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
install -v -m755 unrar /usr/bin