Installing RAR On A Linux Server

[CyberJ37]

Here is a small tutorial on how to install RAR on a Linux server.

Please enter the following commands:-

Download a binary package from the official site:

cd /tmp
wget http://rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz

Untar the file:

tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz

Both rar and unrar commands are located in a rar sub-directory. Go to the rar directory:

cd rar
./unrar

Copy rar and unrar to the bin directory:

cp rar unrar /bin

Congratulations, you should now have RAR installed on your Linux server
Note: To get the latest version of RAR, please visit the following URL: [noparse]http://rarlab.com/download.htm[/noparse]

Tutorial by: CyberJ37, based on a tutorial written by CyberCiti

 

[Cheetah]

dude tutorial is good, but the rar is a commercial one and u just installed a trail version. In our desktop we can use cracks. which crack we use in a linux server.

 

[Viz0n]

There are some open source rar tools that you can install via the repositories.

 

[Cheetah]

Viz0n could u pls tell more about opensource rar tools, i mean where to get and how to install,and how to use

 

[JmZ]

I doubt there are many open source apps to create rars as it's a copyrighted mechanism.

Maybe to UNRAR, yes, but to RAR maybe not.
The linux port of 7zip could do it but I don't know.

 

[CyberJ37]

You can just use the trial version and you can basically do anything.

Rar, unrar and more!

 

[sherwood]

can you password protect or split the rar into 100mb parts?

 

[jayfella]

forever? as in no 30-day trial?

 

[CyberJ37]

can you password protect or split the rar into 100mb parts?

Yes.

rar a -p[I]yourpassword [/I]-v[I]100m [/I]file.rar movie.avi

forever? as in no 30-day trial?

It just shows some text saying it's a trial blah blah but you can do everything normally.

 

[Azo]

sherwood: you can do both

jayfella: you should buy it after 30 days, but you can still use it

EDIT: slow

 

[sherwood]

hmm this is awesome.

thanks CyberJ37!

 

[Lifetalk]

Way too slow. Even on a quad core server (AMD Phenom)

 

[Azo]

I don't understand why people think that CPU influences raring any especially. When you use no compression, it's more-less only the hdd what matters

No compression, 2 x shitty 7200 RPM disks in raid 0, 700 MB rared in 5s

 

[Cheetah]

unrar works like a charm . but RAR is somewhat slow

 

[CyberJ37]

Not sure about you guys but this is perfect for me.

Much faster than rar'ing and uploading from my computer.

 

[r0ck]

Agree CyberJ37

 

[Cheetah]

azo pls give the command used to compress 700mb with in 5s

me took 5min compress 400mb files splitted to 3parts

 

[Azo]

add -m0 to parameters you run it with

But it doesn't mean it'll rar 700 MB in 5s on YOUR computer :D Get SSD disks and then you'll see some raring

 

[Cheetah]

Azo u rocks man . i tried adding that parameter . damn so good 400mb rared in 3sec, splitted to 3 parts

 

[CyberJ37]

Azo u rocks man . i tried adding that parameter . damn so good 400mb rared in 3sec, splitted to 3 parts

But remember, when you add -m0, you are not compressing the file.