WinRAR installation on Ubuntu
Solution 1:
WinRAR is a windows program for using RAR type files. There is no 'WinRAR' on Ubuntu.
Installing rar
like you did should add support for RAR files into the standard "archive manager" for ZIPS, TARs, etc.
(copied from William Fleming, he got some of my upvote power for his answer)
Installing unrar
will help you with unpacking them: sudo apt-get install unrar
Solution 2:
sudo apt-get install unrar
This will allow you to unpack them.
Solution 3:
Two ways to install WinRAR in Ubuntu:
Method 1: Install the available rar
and unrar
tools
In the Terminal type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rar unrar
sudo apt-get clean
It will install the rar
software and after installation, it will open rar
files in the archive manager
Method 2: Install wine
and then WinRAR
Install wine
and download the winrar.exe from WinRAR website and install the WinRAR software similar steps to be followed for the installation in windows and after that rar files are able to open
For more details see this blog post.