How To Install unrar on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unrar

Remove unrar Configurations and Data

To remove unrar configuration and data from Kali Linux 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

Dependencies

unrar have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• unrar website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.