How to Install and Uninstall rar Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rar" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rar on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall rar on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: rar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:5.5.0-1build1
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), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: unrar
Filename: pool/multiverse/r/rar/rar_5.5.0-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 295420
MD5sum: de099fed216385291a94e35c96965399
SHA1: 530b3833ed13ebcdd0db8bea5194d59d587bf6a0
SHA256: 31a7ae2dd6492f4ba3d8080aec6b66b719e5ede3321a4c953fdfc8381baf9768
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/
Description: Archiver for .rar files
Description-md5: 9c6d48047acd9d77600bbd9c29eca18c