Install rar package on linux

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Install rar package on linux

Posted by admin in Knowledge Base on 12 19th, 2008 | one response

how to install and use unrar in your hosting, because default hosting doesn’t support rar n unrar
Login to your root via console
and then do this command in sequence

- # cd /tmp
- # wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
- # tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz
- # ./unrar
- # cd /tmp/rar
- # cp rar unrar /bin
- # su
- # unrar

Finished

and now let’s go to the action, but before make rar on unrar files, you have to go to directory where the rar / files takes place with command:
- cd /home/yourfiledir

note
why we have to do that? because if you don’t go to the directory where the rar / files takes place, then it will be extracted or rar in your current position directory, and for doing that you also have to add directory location and name in your command.

now try to unrar a file:
- with password unrar file (rar password: 123456)
# unrar e -p123456 filename.rar

- non password unrar file
# unrar e filename.rar

also try to rar one or more than one files with command:
- with password rar file (rar password: 123456)
# rar a -p123456 rarfilename.rar file1.exe file2.exe

- non password rar file
# rar a rarfilename.rar file1.exe file2.exe