Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.1

Chapter 12. System Utilities

UnRar-5.9.1

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-9.1 platform.

Package Information

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

Installation of UnRar

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Note

This package extracts the tarball to the unversioned directory unrar and not the expected directory unrar-5.9.1.

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.

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