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
$ apt-get install unrar
Method 2: Manual Installation
$ 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:
$ unrar e The.Wind.That.Shakes.the.Barley.part1.rar
Extract archive with full directory paths:
$ unrar x file.rar
List archive:
$ unrar l file.rar
Test archive:
$ 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):
rar a test.rar thisismyfile.txt
You might want to append the best compression (m1=no compression ; m5=best compression):
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] ):
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):
rar a -m5 -hp[password] -v2000M test.rar thisismyfile.txt