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I just realized I can't unrar .rar files on my Ubuntu machine! :)

What's the easiest way to accomplish this fundamental task? If possible I'd love something like 7Zip that I can just right Click, and extract and have the program worry about how to do it regardless if it's a .zip, a .rar or a .foo compressed file.

Thanks!

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This should be possible. What happens when you try? – ændrük May 10 '11 at 14:37
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@Andre: I recieved an error message saying I had to install new software. So I searched and it automatically installed a plugin, now it works fine. – Sergio May 10 '11 at 14:52
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From the command line, i always 'cheat' and install the 'unp' package - its a command line script that can auto detect and properly extract most common archives, if you have the proper archive programs installed. Just wanted to mention something people often overlook. – dr_willis May 10 '11 at 16:23
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11.04 by default uses File Roller, which supports following formats:

7-Zip Compressed File (.7z)
WinAce Compressed File (.ace)
ALZip Compressed File (.alz)
AIX Small Indexed Archive (.ar)
ARJ Compressed Archive (.arj)
Cabinet File (.cab)
UNIX CPIO Archive (.cpio)
Debian Linux Package (.deb) read-only
ISO-9660 CD Disc Image (.iso) read-only
Java Archive (.jar)
Java Enterprise archive (.ear)
Java Web Archive (.war)
LHA Archive (.lzh, .lha)
WinRAR Compressed Archive (.rar)
RAR Archived Comic Book (.cbr)
RPM Linux Package (.rpm) read-only
Stuffit Archives (.bin, .sit)
Tar Archives:
    uncompressed (.tar)
    compressed with:
        gzip (.tar.gz , .tgz)
        bzip (.tar.bz , .tbz)
        bzip2 (.tar.bz2 , .tbz2)
        compress (.tar.Z , .taz)
        lzip (.tar.lz , .tlz)
        lzop (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
        7zip (.tar.7z)
        xz (.tar.xz)
ZIP Archive (.zip)
ZIP Archived Comic Book (.cbz)
ZOO Compressed Archive File (.zoo)
Single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, lzip, lzop, rzip, xz.

Keep in mind, that this is just graphical front-end, so you still need to install unrar for .rar support.

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Try installing the package rar or perhaps unrar, which should enable you to extract rar files. – loevborg May 10 '11 at 16:09
Updated answer. – vartec May 10 '11 at 16:34
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Install unrar from the software center or by clicking here and then you can extract rar files by right-clicking on them .

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