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Install WinRAR on Ubuntu Linux

This document provides instructions for installing WinRAR 5.11.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It explains that WinRAR is an archiving utility that supports RAR, ZIP, and other file formats. The latest version of WinRAR 5.11.1 includes fixes for issues with file attributes, nested archives, folder names, time stamps, and graphical elements. Steps are given to download the proper Linux package from rarlab.com, extract it, compile, and install WinRAR on Ubuntu systems using the terminal.

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Install WinRAR on Ubuntu Linux

This document provides instructions for installing WinRAR 5.11.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It explains that WinRAR is an archiving utility that supports RAR, ZIP, and other file formats. The latest version of WinRAR 5.11.1 includes fixes for issues with file attributes, nested archives, folder names, time stamps, and graphical elements. Steps are given to download the proper Linux package from rarlab.com, extract it, compile, and install WinRAR on Ubuntu systems using the terminal.

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How to Install WinRAR 5.11.1 on Ubuntu 14.

04 & Other Linux


Ubuntu Derivatives
By Sourabh Last Updated On: September 02, 2014 How To, Ubuntu

How to install WinRAR 5.11 on Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux) systems. Install WinRAR 5.11 on 32 bit
Ubuntu 14.04 and install WinRAR 5.11 on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 system.
WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to
unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. The latest version
of the WinRAR 5.11 comes with the following bug fixes and improvements:
a) WinRAR 5.10 did not set hidden, read-only and system file attributes when unpacking
ZIP archives;
b) WinRAR 5.10 failed to update self-extracting RAR archives containing nested ZIP archives
stored without compression;
c) ZIP archive created with Do not store paths option included unnecessary empty name records
for folders;
d) archived files could have 1 hour modification time error in Windows XP;
e) deleting a file in RAR5 solid archive containing files stored with -ver switch caused such files
to lose version information;
f) black rectangles were displayed instead of toolbar buttons in 16- and 24- bit screen color modes
and Windows custom text size larger than 100%.
The WinRAR 5.11 comes with the added extraction support for ZIP and ZIPX archives using
BZIP2, LZMA and PPMd compression.

How to install WinRAR 5.11 on 32 bit Ubuntu 14.04


Open the Terminal and run the following commands to install WinRAR 5.11 on 32 bit Ubuntu
14.04 and other Linux derivatives:

wget rarsoft.com/rar/rarlinux-5.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rarlinux-5.1.1.tar.gz
cd rar
make
sudo make install

How to install WinRAR 5.11 on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04


Open the Terminal and run the following commands to install WinRAR 5.11 on 32 bit Ubuntu
14.04 and other Linux derivatives:
wget rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x64-5.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rarlinux-x64-5.1.1.tar.gz
cd rar
make
sudo make install
You can also download and install WinRar 5.11.1 for Windows and Mac OS X systems:

Enjoy!

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