Learn how to – How To Install unrar on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32

Learn how to – How To Install unrar on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32.

How can I install unrar on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32. Unrar is a command line tool used to extract files from rar archives. For unexplained reasons, Fedora doesn’t have unrar package on its repositories.

The unrar package is available on RPM Fusion repositories. RPM Fusion provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn’t want to ship. That software is provided as precompiled RPMs for all current Fedora and Red Hat systems.

Step 1: Add RPM Fusion repository

You need to manually add RPM Fusion repository to your system before installing unrar.

sudo dnf install -y  https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

After adding them, you can install unrar tool on Fedora.

Step 2: Install unrar on Fedora

Use dnf package manager to install unrar on Fedora from RPM Fusion repository.

sudo dnf install unrar

Proceed with the installation as requested:

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Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package

Total download size: 148 k
Installed size: 303 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Type unrar on your terminal to test installation and check usage page.

$ unrar --version
unrar-free 0.1.2

Usage help page:

$ unrar --help
Usage: unrar [OPTION...] ARCHIVE [FILE...] [DESTINATION]
Extract files from rar archives.

  -x, --extract              Extract files from archive (default)
  -t, --list                 List files in archive
  -f, --force                Overwrite files when extracting
      --extract-newer        Only extract newer files from the archive
      --extract-no-paths     Don't create directories while extracting
  -p, --password             Decrypt archive using a password
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Test integrity of file to be extracted with unrar.

$ unrar t myfile.rar

UNRAR 6.01 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2021 Alexander Roshal

Testing archive myfile.rar

Testing     tut1.mp4                                                OK 
Testing     tut2.mp4                                                OK 
Testing     tut3.mp4                                                OK 
Testing     tut4.mp4                                                OK 
Testing     tut5.mp4                                                OK 
All OK

Then extract your file.

$ unrar e myfile.rar 

UNRAR 6.01 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2021 Alexander Roshal

Extracting from proxycerts.rar

Extracting  tut1.mp4                                                  OK 
Extracting  tut2.mp4                                                  OK 
Extracting  tut3.mp4                                                  OK 
Extracting  tut4.mp4                                                  OK 
Extracting  tut5.mp4                                                  OK 
All OK

You have successfully installed, tested and used unrar on a Fedora system. Check other Fedora guides available in our blog.

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