How to Install and Uninstall unrar-free Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the unrar-free on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "unrar-free" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install unrar-free on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "unrar-free" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall unrar-free on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unrar-free package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: unrar-free
Version: 1:0.1.3-1
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: pike8.0
Conflicts: unrar-nonfree (<< 1:3.7.8-1)
Description: Unarchiver for .rar files
Description-md5: fed2ff335938d675de2d81e2531e6957
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/bgermann/unrar-free
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/unrar-free/unrar-free_0.1.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16520
MD5sum: adde1c6fe72adb4c5da20f750adbbe39
SHA256: 4f3c957092a95825985a6dcc482f175a69738ec39c4edf85bd325a6600a3f518