unrar-free command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix unrar-free command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

unrar-free: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: unrar-free: command not found

In Ubuntu unrar-free is provided by unrar-free package.

unrar-free is:

unrar-free can extract files from .rar archives. It cannot handle archives in newer RAR formats.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install unrar-free

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install unrar-free.

sudo apt -y install unrar-free

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install unrar-free

In this tutorial we learn how to fix unrar-free command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.