Install Rar for Linux

for this time I did not explain on how to install WinRar in Linux. but this time I only discuss about how to install linux command line you can use to manage your Rar files. by using software that is often called rarlinux.

you can download rarlinux in http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-4.0.1.tar.gz. how to install as follows.

1. extract rarlinux-4.0.1.tar.gz anywhere up to you.  
2. open terminal.
3. change directory to extract the folder. example : cd /home/husnu/rar.
4. typing "sudo su" to login into root - insert your root password.
5. typing "make install rar".
6. finish.

to use rarlinux you can use the command below.

rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...> <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

note the information in the table below

<command>

Command	Explanation
a	Add files to archive
c	Add archive comment
cf	Add files comment
ch	Change archive parameters
cw	Write archive comment to file
d	Delete files from archive
e	Extract files to current directory
f	Freshen files in archive
i[par]=<str>	Find string in archives
k	Lock archive
l[t,b]	List archive [technical, bare]
m[f]	Move to archive [files only]
p	Print file to stdout
r	Repair archive
rc	Reconstruct missing volumes
rn	Rename archived files
rr[N]	Add data recovery record
rv[N]	Create recovery volumes
s[name|-]	Convert archive to or from SFX
t	Test archive files
u	Update files in archive
v[t,b]	Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
x	Extract files with full path

<switch>

Switch	Explanation
-	Stop switches scanning
ad	Append archive name to destination path
ag[format]	Generate archive name using the current date
ai	Ignore file attributes
ap<path>	Set path inside archive
as	Synchronize archive contents
av	Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
av-	Disable authenticity verification check
c-	Disable comments show
cfg-	Disable read configuration
cl	Convert names to lower case
cu	Convert names to upper case
df	Delete files after archiving
dh	Open shared files
ds	Disable name sort for solid archive
dw	Wipe files after archiving
e[+]<attr>	Set file exclude and include attributes
ed	Do not add empty directories
en	Do not put 'end of archive' block
ep	Exclude paths from names
ep1	Exclude base directory from names
ep3	Expand paths to full including the drive letter
f	Freshen files
hp[password]	Encrypt both file data and headers
id[c,d,p,q]	Disable messages
ierr	Send all messages to stderr
ilog[name]	Log errors to file (registered versions only)
inul	Disable all messages
isnd	Enable sound
k	Lock archive
kb	Keep broken extracted files
m<0..5>	Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
mc<par>	Set advanced compression parameters
md<size>	Dictionary size in KB (64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 or A-G)
ms[ext;ext]	Specify file types to store
n<file>	Include only specified file
n@	Read file names to include from stdin
n@<list>	Include files listed in specified list file
o[+|-]	Set the overwrite mode
ol	Save symbolic links as the link instead of the file
or	Rename files automatically
ow	Save or restore file owner and group
p[password]	Set password
p-	Do not query password
r	Recurse subdirectories
r-	Disable recursion
r0	Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only
rr[N]	Add data recovery record
rv[N]	Create recovery volumes
s[<N>,v[-],e]	Create solid archive
s-	Disable solid archiving
sc<chr>[obj]	Specify the character set
sfx[name]	Create SFX archive
si[name]	Read data from standard input (stdin)
sl<size>	Process files with size less than specified
sm<size>	Process files with size more than specified
t	Test files after archiving
ta<date>	Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
tb<date>	Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
tk	Keep original archive time
tl	Set archive time to latest file
tn<time>	Process files newer than <time>
to<time>	Process files older than <time>
ts<m,c,a>[N]	Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
u	Update files
v	Create volumes with size autodetection or list all volumes
v<size>[k,b]	Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1]
ver[n]	File version control
vn	Use the old style volume naming scheme
vp	Pause before each volume
w<path>	Assign work directory
x<file>	Exclude specified file
x@	Read file names to exclude from stdin
x@<list>	Exclude files listed in specified list file
y	Assume Yes on all queries
z[file]	Read archive comment from file

example : rar -x /home/husnu/template.rar /home/husnu.
if you do not understand about linux basic command. you can read here. thank :)

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