unrar-free on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "unrar-free" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install unrar-free on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S unrar-free

* (Optional) Uninstall unrar-free on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns unrar-free

2. Manually Install "unrar-free" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone unrar-free's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/unrar-free.git ~/unrar-free

c. Go to ~/unrar-free folder and install it

$ cd ~/unrar-free $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the unrar-free package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 970754
Name: unrar-free
PackageBaseID: 32340
PackageBase: unrar-free
Version: 1:0.1.0-1
Description: Free utility to extract files from RAR archives.
URL: https://gitlab.com/bgermann/unrar-free
NumVotes: 57
Popularity: 0.001692
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bage
FirstSubmitted: 1259569574
LastModified: 1633563482
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/unrar-free.tar.gz