How to Extract RAR files in Fedora 18 / 17 / 16 / 15
RAR, one of the most used data compression method. It is a non free archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery, and file spanning. You can use some of the Third-party software like unrar and 7-Zip to extract RAR files in Linux which is free to use.
Dependencies
To install unrar the following are required to be installed.
rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
In the above dependencies, first install the free-release and then nonfree-release. Run the below commands in terminal to install the dependencies for unrar, type the password for the root when prompted.
For free-release:
su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'
For nonfree-release:
su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'
To install unrar
Run the following command in terminal and type the password for the user, when prompted.
sudo yum install unrar
Thats it. Now you can extract or open RAR files in your system.
Hope this will be helpful for you!!!
