Install Winrar on Ubuntu

There is no doubt that WinRAR is a tool used to compress and decompress the most popular and famous files. It can work with most of compression formats.

Installing WinRAR on Ubuntu (Linux) is very simple, you only need to run 2 following commands:

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install -y xarchiver

sudo apt-get install aptitude

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install rar unrar

After installation is complete you will need to reboot your computer.

The image below illustrates how to use WinRAR after it is installed on Ubuntu Desktop.

Compress

Decompress

The image below illustrates how to use WinRAR after it is installed on Ubuntu Server.

Compress

Decompress