How to Install and Uninstall unrar Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "unrar" package

This tutorial shows how to install unrar on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall unrar on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unrar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unrar package on Kali Linux

Package: unrar
Source: unrar-nonfree
Version: 1:7.0.6-1
Installed-Size: 397
Maintainer: UnRar maintainer team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Size: 168316
SHA256: 614b72aaf181ed47bbb0e60b027a53c7b130483d60790004c7bc369929cd3474
SHA1: 031336c140eb28c973f60c2055f5ba9151d9226a
MD5sum: f1ccb05690ad97b7df0d6542e498d8da
Description: Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. If you want to create .rar
archives, install package rar.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.rarlab.com/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::archive
Section: non-free/utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/u/unrar-nonfree/unrar_7.0.6-1_amd64.deb