Extract rar files using archive manager in Ubuntu

Oct 24, 2009 at 00:33 Posted by Krish Labels: 7z, Archive, Compression, Context menu, RAR, Ubuntu

Ubuntu archive manager does not extracts rar files by default.

To enable this install the package "rar"

Via Console:

sudo apt-get install rar

Now rar archives can be created with compress context menu in Nautilus or extracted with archive manager from Nautilus context menu.

Similarly to create/extract archives with Archive Mangaer/Compress Context menu's install "p7zip-full". This package has additional compression algorithms such as Zip64, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO and DEB archives
Via Console:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

The above works on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. They might work on previous versions as well.

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