I got .rar files i need to open...

[projecthikari]

How would I go about opening . rar files? It seems it's not supported.

[nhasian]

try:

sudo apt-get install unrar

that should install support for rar.

[DeathWyrm]

Best thing would be to install 7-zip and then you can extract it. It's in the repositories and will open most compressed files including .RAR

[Rhubarb]

The easiest way (in my opinion) is to open up the terminal (Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal), and run this:

sudo aptitude install p7zip-full p7zip-rar

Then enter in your password when prompted.

Once done you can just double click on the rar file, and it'll open up for you so you can easily extract it.

[rogkmyers]

i just installed unrar

sudo apt-get install unrar

Once it's installed just right click on your rar archive and select open with "archive manager".

Works like a charm!!

Roger

[sjamedee]

7zip does not work with .rar files at least not on my computer. i tried installing it several times and it would not open the .rar files. i finally had to use unrar.

[aboud]

i remmber i unziped rar file with the usual archive manager roller, but now it's not working i'm using unrar.

[uarale]

To deal with .rar files in Ubuntu, use rar package
$ sudo apt-get install rar

To extract a .rar file, just use
$ rar x file.rar
This command also be used to join several .rar files, like
$ rar x file.part1.rar

To compress
$ rar a filename
use -v param to split, like
$ rar a -v1M test.mp3

[dzsulius]

Thanks Rhubarb
I did it like you said and worked perfectly for me.Cool.
Thanks again