How To Install unrar on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is unrar
unrar is:
Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. If you want to create .rar archives, install package rar.
There are three methods to install unrar on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install unrar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unrar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unrar
Install unrar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unrar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unrar
Install unrar Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install unrar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unrar
How To Uninstall unrar on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the unrar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unrar
Uninstall unrar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unrar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unrar
Remove unrar Configurations and Data
To remove unrar configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unrar
Remove unrar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unrar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unrar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
