How to Install and Uninstall rar Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "rar" package

Please follow the guidance below to install rar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall rar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 rar package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: rar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:5.5.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Meredith
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 780
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: unrar
Filename: pool/multiverse/r/rar/rar_5.5.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 295328
MD5sum: 1cd9d24d2982d43317678a9d3a766299
SHA1: 72c03750aa4fa3c4b21f02218242d2aa1d683893
SHA256: e18ce4baef8bb1f9c7c422f0fca4a9427e7c10a7acadc1664b2a6754690d0d45
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/
Description: Archiver for .rar files
Description-md5: 9c6d48047acd9d77600bbd9c29eca18c