How to Install rar software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install rar software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

rar software package provides Archiver for .rar files, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install rar 

rar is installed in your system.

Make ensure the rar package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rar *

You will get with rar package name, version, architecture and description in a table

rar package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package rar
Version 2:4.2.0-1
Description Archiver for .rar files
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove rar software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?