How To Install unar on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install unar on CentOS 7. unar is Multi-format extractor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unar on CentOS 7.

What is unar

The command-line utilities lsar and unar are capable of listing and extracting files respectively in several formats including RARv3. unar can serve as a free and open source replacement of unrar.

We can use yum or dnf to install unar on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unar.

Install unar on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install unar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unar

Install unar on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install unar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unar

How To Uninstall unar on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the unar package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove unar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unar on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.