How to make Linux system support rar compressed file

rar is a commonly used compression format, linux support for them is not as natural as tar or gzip, therefore, when you can not avoid these two compressed format files under ubuntu You must install additional tools to unlock these compressed files. Although the rar can be executed with the command after the rar is installed, it is not as intuitive as the visual operation in Windows. The following method is to complete this task:

1, to the rar official website to download rar for linux, the latest version is "ldquo; rar 3.93 for linux", download address: http://www.rarlab. Com/download.htm

2. The four executable files in the rar for linux file that was just extracted: default.sfx, rar, rar_static, unrar, copied to the /usr/local/bin directory under. You may need an administrator account. If you operate under the terminal, you can simply sudo mv.

Simple two steps, the task is completed. At this point, use a rar file to try your own results, you can double-click to open, you can also "right click & mdash; & mdash; extract here", and the operating effect of winrar under windows is no different.