How to Install and Uninstall rar Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the rar on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "rar" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rar on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rar" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rar on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: rar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:5.5.0-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Meredith
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1174
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: unrar
Filename: pool/multiverse/r/rar/rar_5.5.0-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 340782
MD5sum: e3e0bf7049446e0a58fd4d4be310a90b
SHA1: 9c5ce9865e9824c0a05ba719e454952b842b7a09
SHA256: e52be4221df54b181ce136c3c6f0f543328eb2b514cf190e36386725976e073e
SHA512: bc2f1b377103ec0fa63f6e3f5e04624da47541f4419e63ce53588bdb4768bccfc56aeb864cdbc6810180b07b8e3cf45945726bfd3ec78c4aa697ed4653004a54
Homepage: https://www.rarlabs.com/
Description: Archiver for .rar files
Description-md5: 9c6d48047acd9d77600bbd9c29eca18c