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I have been unable to extract .rar files from the Archive Manager and so followed some instructions online on how else that can be done.

The xarchiver application does not install from the Software Manager and when I try to install unrar from the terminal, I get the following:

 :~$ sudo apt-get install unrar
 [sudo] password for:  
 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state
 information... Done Package unrar is not available, but is referred to
 by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has
 been obsoleted, or is only available from another source

 E: Package 'unrar' has no installation candidate

Can anyone help me with this? Thank you very much.

53314N
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  • Was you do apt update before apt install unrar? What returns apt search unrar? – mariaczi Mar 15 '18 at 07:24
  • Hi there, but apt update do you mean an update for all available applications or specifically unrar?

    And what is the command for searching for unrar in the Terminal?

     – 53314N Mar 15 '18 at 07:46
  • Was you read my full comment? Was you saw the second question?

    Check if you have "multiverse" repository enabled on your system.

     – mariaczi Mar 15 '18 at 08:00
  • Have you enabled the multiverse repository? See here https://askubuntu.com/questions/89096/how-do-i-enable-the-multiverse-repository#553847 on how to do this. – Sebastian Stark Mar 15 '18 at 08:03
  • Thank you, I just ran the command to enable the multiverse repository. – 53314N Mar 15 '18 at 08:13
  • @mariaczi sorry, just saw your comment now :( – Sebastian Stark Mar 15 '18 at 08:17
  • It's alright. The multiverse repo has been updated, but I still get the same response when I try to install unrar. Is there something else I should be doing now? – 53314N Mar 15 '18 at 08:19
  • This is happening because Ubuntu 17.04 is pass end-of-life and unsupported, so its repositories have been removed. – Zanna Mar 16 '18 at 20:24

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multiverse

unrar is not contained in the standard Ubuntu repository. You need to enable the multiverse repository in order to install it. To do this run the following command:

sudo apt-add-repository multiverse && sudo apt-get update

as described here: How do I enable the "multiverse" repository?

On Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) this package was called unrar-nonfree, so to install unrar you would need to issue sudo apt-get install unrar-nonfree.

But since 17.04 is not supported anymore you should really upgrade your system anyway.

Sebastian Stark
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  • Yes I've enabled the multiverse repository now but I'm still getting the same message when I try to install unrar. What else should I do? – 53314N Mar 15 '18 at 08:57