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Lubuntu 18.04.1 includes the lightweight but surprisingly powerful GUI file manager PCManFM 1.2.5, which can list the files within a .rar, but fails to extract or display them. Error messages (e.g. Huffman coding error) imply an inability to decode the main body of the .rar, though its directory is readable.

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  • Did you have installed rar and unrar packages?
    – N0rbert
    Dec 23, 2018 at 13:28
  • @N0rbert: Please see my own answer, below ;-) (It's tricky to post both halves of a Q&A simultaneously...)
    – Eridanus
    Dec 23, 2018 at 14:10

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Open a terminal (named LXTerminal in lubuntu), enter the command

sudo apt-get install unrar

and follow the instructions. PCManFM should now handle .rar archives just like normal directories.

Note that the unrar unpacker is free of charge, even though all packages able to create .rar archives require buying a licence.

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