Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.9

Chapter 12. System Utilities

UnRar-5.3.11

Introduction to UnRar

The UnRar package contains a RAR extraction utility used for extracting files from RAR archives. RAR archives are usually created with WinRAR, primarily in a Windows environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.9 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/unrar

Installation of UnRar

Install UnRar by running the following commands: 

make -f makefile

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

install -v -m755 unrar /usr/bin

Contents

Installed Program: unrar
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

unrar

uncompresses a RAR archive.

Last updated on 2016-03-04 15:42:06 -0800