How To Install unrar-free on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar-free on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is unrar-free
unrar-free is:
Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. Can’t handle some archives in the RAR 3.0 format natively. Package “unar” can be used to extract those archives if installed.
There are three methods to install unrar-free on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-free 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-free using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unrar-free
Install unrar-free Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unrar-free using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unrar-free
Install unrar-free 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-free using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unrar-free
How To Uninstall unrar-free on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the unrar-free package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unrar-free
Uninstall unrar-free And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unrar-free and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unrar-free
Remove unrar-free Configurations and Data
To remove unrar-free configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unrar-free
Remove unrar-free configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unrar-free configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unrar-free
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unrar-free package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
