What's the easiest way to unrar a file on Ubuntu 12.04

Question

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

Answer 1

1. First you need to install unrar:

   sudo apt-get install unrar
   

2. If you want to unpack all files within the .rar files in the same directory:

   unrar e -r /home/work/software/myfile.rar
   

3. if you want to unpack the files in full path:

   unrar x -r /home/work/software/myfile.rar