Feb 8, 2013

HowTo: Install WinRAR in Fedora 18

Step1:
download RAR 4.20 for Linux x64
or you may get this at http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Step2:
open your file browser and go to your Downloads folder
extract rarlinux-x64-4.2.0.tar.gz
this will create a rar folder

Step3:
open a terminal and type
su -
cd /home/**username**/Downloads/rar
make
make install


How To Use:
Nautilus File Browser
a) you can now start un-rar-ing things by right clicking on them and press on extract**

Terminal
a) to extract files to the directory you are currently at
unrar e file.rar

b) to extract files to the Desktop
unrar e file.rar /home/user/Desktop
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4 comments:

  1. NoneFebruary 14, 2013 at 7:49 PM

    Good post! How I extract in the terminal?

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    1. renegadexFebruary 15, 2013 at 9:07 PM

      Hi Marco!
      I've updated the post for instructions on how to unrar files.

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  2. AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 12:30 AM

    yeah!
    1.-wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x64-4.2.0.tar.gz
    2.-tar -xzvf rarlinux-x64-4.2.0.tar.gz
    3.- cd rar/
    4.-make install
    5.- a disfrutar de "winrar" from linux

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  3. chiiiky14July 1, 2013 at 2:44 PM

    Really good post! THANKS!

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