Install UNRAR

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∟Install UNRAR

This section provides a tutorial on how to install and use UNRAR on macOS to extra files from *.rar files.

If you want to extra files from RAR files (*.rar) on macOS, you can install and use "UNRAR". It's free and easy to use.

1. Try to install it from UNRAR binary package:

herong$ brew install unrar

Error: unrar: no bottle available!
You can try to install from source with e.g.
  brew install --build-from-source unrar

2. If the binary package is not available as shown above, try to install it from UNRAR source package:

herong$ brew install --build-from-source unrar

==> Downloading https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-6.0.1.tar.gz
######################################################### 100.0%
==> make
==> make clean
==> make lib
  /usr/local/Cellar/unrar/6.0.1: 6 files, 521.1KB, built in 11 seconds

3. Try the "unrar" command after the installation:

herong$ unrar
UNRAR 6.00 beta 1 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2020 Alexander Roshal

Usage:     unrar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...>
               <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

<Commands>
  e             Extract files without archived paths
  l[t[a],b]     List archive contents [technical[all], bare]
  p             Print file to stdout
  t             Test archive files
  v[t[a],b]     Verbosely list archive contents [technical[all],bare]
  x             Extract files with full path

<Switches>
  -             Stop switches scanning
  @[+]          Disable [enable] file lists
  ad[1,2]       Alternate destination path
  ag[format]    Generate archive name using the current date
  ai            Ignore file attributes
  ap<path>      Set path inside archive
  c-            Disable comments show
  cfg-          Disable read configuration

4. Use "unrar" command extract files from a *.rar file:

herong$ unrar x pics.rar 

UNRAR 6.00 beta 1 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2020 Alexander Roshal

Extracting from pics.rar

Creating    pics                  OK
Extracting  pics/IMG_8125.PNG     OK 
Extracting  pics/IMG_8126.PNG     OK 
Extracting  pics/IMG_8127.PNG     OK 
...