How to Install and Uninstall unrar-free Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "unrar-free" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install unrar-free on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall unrar-free on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unrar-free
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unrar-free package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: unrar-free
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-4~build0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: unar
Suggests: pike8.0 | pike7.8 | pike7.6 | pike
Conflicts: unrar-nonfree (<< 1:3.7.8-1)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unrar-free/unrar-free_0.0.1+cvs20140707-4~build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 23390
MD5sum: 4ca1ad105fb169d536e7510baec2c9a9
SHA1: 334c0093f8696fd3058b1e9b92e1f19165aa6603
SHA256: 40c74e3ab7d7a0ec69b10c4beaea61731421c0d93b0d8a3ba374cbe0a1e18ee8
SHA512: a2369892930f43aef946a54babfe5a987fd8072cc67421246c8d9a626bd03d474ac187612bf8711288f4046f637edbdea558a67dd98b5d5d563b283b0024e321
Homepage: https://gna.org/projects/unrar/
Description-en: Unarchiver for .rar files
Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. Can't handle some archives in
the RAR 3.0 format natively. Package "unar" can be used to extract those
archives if installed.
Description-md5: ec1032a402cf223268dffa022fd9536b

Package: unrar-free
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 103
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: unar
Suggests: pike7.8 | pike7.6 | pike
Conflicts: unrar-nonfree (<< 1:3.7.8-1)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unrar-free/unrar-free_0.0.1+cvs20140707-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23036
MD5sum: dcb3ab6a03abbd1ecf3f424ab8dd899f
SHA1: 1fc068b43a2df76a61a00fd67746ee92913e2690
SHA256: 5a663642e558da794c50ad7d38682e8c68aed103ffc2a05e017ed866a3e0ccb3
Description-en: Unarchiver for .rar files
Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. Can't handle some archives in
the RAR 3.0 format natively. Package "unar" can be used to extract those
archives if installed.
Description-md5: ec1032a402cf223268dffa022fd9536b
Homepage: https://gna.org/projects/unrar/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu