How To Install Unar On Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Unar On Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

unar

Extract contents from archive files.

Maintainer: Matt Kraai



Section: utils

Install unar

  • Debian apt-get install unar Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install unar Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S unar Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install unar Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install unar Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install unar Click to copy
  • macOS brew install unar Click to copy

Extract contents from archive files.

How to use unar?

Below are few example commands for unar that you can use in the terminal.

Extract an archive to the current directory:
unar archiveClick to copy
Extract an archive to the specified directory:
unar -o path/to/directory archiveClick to copy
Force overwrite if files to be unpacked already exist:
unar -f archiveClick to copy
Force rename if files to be unpacked already exist:
unar -r archiveClick to copy
Force skip if files to be unpacked already exist:
unar -s archiveClick to copy
To install the latest version of unar in your favorite operating system just copy the unar installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of unar 2026 package in your OS.