Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 12. System Utilities

UnRar-5.7.5

Introduction to UnRar

The UnRar package contains a RAR extraction utility used for extracting files from RAR archives. RAR archives are usually created with WinRAR, primarily in a Windows environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/unrar

Installation of UnRar

Install UnRar by running the following commands: 

make -f makefile

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

install -v -m755 unrar /usr/bin

Contents

Installed Program: unrar
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

unrar

uncompresses a RAR archive.

Last updated on 2019-08-17 15:16:30 -0700