unrar-free on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 09,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

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

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install unrar-free on Arch using YAY

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

2. Manually Install "unrar-free" via AUR

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone unrar-free's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/unrar-free.git 
            
                        
                ~/unrar-free
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/unrar-free folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/unrar-free
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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