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    How to open, extract and use RAR files in Ubuntu

    Posted on December 7th, 2008 by Rajeshwaran S P

    Archive Manager in Gnome does not support .rar files by default.

    To use .rar files in Ubuntu/Debian, type the following lines in the terminal.

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    sudo apt-get install rar
sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar

    Then use the Archive Manager to compress and uncompress RAR files.

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