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I use rar-files pretty frequently, and I found that the built in Archive Manager in Ubuntu does not support rar-files (both creation and extraction) out of the box.

For the more experienced, here is the quick guide to make is work: Open a Terminal > Enter the command “sudo apt-get install rar unrar”

For the more inexperienced, here is a screenshot guide.

This would be the usual error message you receive when trying to extract a file.

When try to create a rar archive, you will also have noticed, that rar is not selectable from the archive options.

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