How to install RAR unpacking software on Linux?

[hazemafify]

I'm a newbie of linux, and I want to install winrar, so how can I do that for any program not only the winrar, is it the standerd way like windows or every program has it's owen way and it must describ it?.

Thanx

 

[endel]

Installing RAR

Depends on the Linux distribution you are using. If it is Debian, then installing new software is easy. You simply use the standard software installation program "aptitude" or "synaptic" to select the packages "rar" and "ark" and wait for it to automatically download and install them.

 

[hazemafify]

Re: Installing RAR

Depends on the Linux distribution you are using. If it is Debian, then installing new software is easy. You simply use the standard software installation program "aptitude" or "synaptic" to select the packages "rar" and "ark" and wait for it to automatically download and install them.

My distribution is REDHAT Enterprice 4.

 

[tsinghua]

Installing RAR

Here is the link to the rar for your Linux distribution:
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz

Just download and decompress.

 

[~E3016~]

Re: Installing RAR

Here is the link to the rar for your Linux distribution:
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz

Just download and decompress.

can it be used by another distribution too? thx

 

[III]

Installing RAR

It can be used by all distro's
but it's only a cli application, for a gui use ark or fileroller
to install unpack it, open a terminal window, login as root (or use sudo) and type:
$make install