Rar file extract is failed

Question

I'm trying to extract a rar file is first time is opened then its closed and to reopen the file is failed." an error occured while loading the archive manager" this alert message displayed

Are you sure that the file is complete? If you downloaded it, check its size to see if it is right. — Sigur, Feb 26 '15 at 12:11
ya sure its complete....im opened it ... once again i wanna to open this file error comes — praveen kumar, Feb 26 '15 at 12:14

score 74 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 28 '19 at 14:35

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Install unrar to open and extract rar archives.

Open the terminal with ctrl + alt + t
Run
```
sudo apt install unrar
```

Now file-roller should open and extract rar archives without error.

If you cannot install unrar, you need to activate the multiverse repository; but, I assume you have them activated as they are by default.

edited Mar 28 '19 at 14:35

pomsky

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answered Feb 26 '15 at 12:57

mondjunge

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I can confirm, this works in all _buntu distros and Linux Mint – David Tabernero M. Dec 24 '16 at 23:14
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Worked for me in 16.04 – seanbreeden Jan 08 '17 at 12:41
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Nice. Works on Ubuntu 18.04 aswell – Iron Attorney Oct 24 '18 at 18:57
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I got the same error when extracting files from split Rar files. this resolved the issue. – Lakindu Akash Feb 19 '19 at 23:23
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Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS Gnome 3.36.8 works great. You may have to close/re-open file explorer. I did not have to log out and log back in or reboot my computer. – Jon Grah Apr 16 '22 at 07:23
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thanks, it worked for me – Mohamad Rezaei Jan 27 '23 at 16:18
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Still working. I had to reboot to get it to work, but as mentioned above close/re-opening file explorer may be enough. – lodeOfCode Jul 11 '23 at 00:54

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '21 at 08:47

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Something like this happened to me when a file was parted in some files, and I tried this from the command line:

unrar e "archive.part1.rar"

edited Nov 01 '21 at 08:47

karel

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answered Mar 19 '20 at 19:18

Mike

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You should elaborate your answer a little more. This answer it's quite vague... – razor7 Mar 19 '20 at 21:21
Do you mean "when a file is split into multivolume archives"? Please [edit] your answer and clarify. – Greenonline Nov 01 '21 at 07:49
e flag specifies extract to current directory which is unnecessary if you don't specify an output directory. x flag retains the archive directory structure, which is the default in the GUI and usually preferred: unrar x archivename – lodeOfCode Jul 11 '23 at 01:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 26 '18 at 11:22

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I have this problem fixed by installing b1freearchiver:

sudo apt-get install gdebi
wget b1.org/smart-download/0/os=deb64/b1freearchiver_current_stable_amd64.deb
sudo gdebi b1freearchiver_current_stable_amd64.deb

edited Jun 26 '18 at 11:22

cmak.fr

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answered Jun 26 '18 at 07:54

AllberCR

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 30 '21 at 12:42

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good suggestions above. However, what I found is that when I did a cd to the directory with the terminal it showed that it was a 'string' instead of a normal file. Then I tested something quick and it worked perfectly: I just deleted the empty space between the words in the filename, and right click 'extract' again and it extracted perfectly. So the solution might be that simple for you too, if you have a blank space in the file name. Example:

FILE NAME.rar change to -> FILE_NAME.rar

Hope that helps.

edited Dec 30 '21 at 12:42

Zanna

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answered Dec 29 '21 at 15:33

wayneoutthere

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If you have a blank space in the filename you can also put the filename between single quotes and it also works. No renaming needed – Irsu85 Dec 30 '21 at 12:50

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 04 '24 at 01:50

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Here is an alternative way to use unrar. The benefit is that this version will keep the folder structure of the original .rar file.

unrar x -ad "archive.rar"

edited Mar 04 '24 at 01:50

Daniel T

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answered Mar 03 '24 at 23:11

Raul Espim

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Rar file extract is failed

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