How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?
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How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?
Can you do it with Wine somehow? I think I tried that with 14.04 but failed, maybe it's possible with 16.04 or should be possible in 18.04?
I desire to work with WinRAR regularly, to extract zips and rars after a right mouse click and "unrar this file to / here" or "unzip this file to / here".
In an answer, please detail on a workaround to achieve that (as working with WinRAR that way, is actually part of the problem).
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How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?
Can you do it with Wine somehow? I think I tried that with 14.04 but failed, maybe it's possible with 16.04 or should be possible in 18.04?
I desire to work with WinRAR regularly, to extract zips and rars after a right mouse click and "unrar this file to / here" or "unzip this file to / here".
In an answer, please detail on a workaround to achieve that (as working with WinRAR that way, is actually part of the problem).
16.04 windows wine zip rar
asked Feb 20 at 16:53
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The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing theunrartool andunziptool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,Extract hereandExtract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full withsudo apt-get install p7zip-fulland test later.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
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@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of7zippackage. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46
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How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?
Can you do it with Wine somehow? I think I tried that with 14.04 but failed, maybe it's possible with 16.04 or should be possible in 18.04?
I desire to work with WinRAR regularly, to extract zips and rars after a right mouse click and "unrar this file to / here" or "unzip this file to / here".
In an answer, please detail on a workaround to achieve that (as working with WinRAR that way, is actually part of the problem).
16.04 windows wine zip rar
asked Feb 20 at 16:53
user9303970
81112
How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?
Can you do it with Wine somehow? I think I tried that with 14.04 but failed, maybe it's possible with 16.04 or should be possible in 18.04?
I desire to work with WinRAR regularly, to extract zips and rars after a right mouse click and "unrar this file to / here" or "unzip this file to / here".
In an answer, please detail on a workaround to achieve that (as working with WinRAR that way, is actually part of the problem).
16.04 windows wine zip rar
16.04 windows wine zip rar
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The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing theunrartool andunziptool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,Extract hereandExtract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full withsudo apt-get install p7zip-fulland test later.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
2
@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of7zippackage. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46
 |Â
show 2 more comments
1
The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing theunrartool andunziptool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,Extract hereandExtract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full withsudo apt-get install p7zip-fulland test later.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
2
@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of7zippackage. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.
– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46
1
1
The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing the
unrar tool and unzip tool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing the
unrar tool and unzip tool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,
Extract here and Extract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full with sudo apt-get install p7zip-full and test later.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,
Extract here and Extract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full with sudo apt-get install p7zip-full and test later.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
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@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of
7zip package. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46
@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of
7zip package. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46
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The right click functionality won't work properly; this is because of the limitations of the difference between Windows and LInux context menus. BUt it does look like you can run WinRAR within Wine though I don't have any statistics about whether the versions in the Ubuntu Repos of Wine will work well or not.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 16:55
First getting into Wine, then unrar/unzip with WinRAR? Oh that sounds quite depressing. Is there no good way to make it more comfortable? Some "wine-application" shortcut from somewhere?
– user9303970
Feb 20 at 16:57
I don't know enough about the context menus in the right-click menu because of the varying file explorers in the individual desktop environments to give you a clear answer or not. Ideally though you could extract zips and rars already by installing the
unrartool andunziptool from the repos, which adds support with the built-in tools. There's really no need for WinRAR directly, though, what with the opensource tools that exist now for it... just saying.– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 20 at 17:00
When i right-click on a rar file, i get 2 options,
Extract hereandExtract to. If you don't get it, you may want to install 7zip-full withsudo apt-get install p7zip-fulland test later.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 18:11
2
@user9303970, @ThomasWard is correct, i gave you the behavior of
7zippackage. Opinion: even when wine provides some compatibility with windows software on linux, it's always better to move away from them using native software, usually better (with exceptions) and with less issues.– bistoco
Feb 20 at 23:46