unrar-nonfree command not found

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

Introduction

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

unrar-nonfree: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: unrar-nonfree: command not found

In Ubuntu unrar-nonfree is provided by unrar package.

unrar is:

Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. If you want to create .rar archives, install package rar.

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

sudo apt-get -y install unrar

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

You can also use apt command to install unrar.

sudo apt -y install unrar

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

sudo aptitude install unrar

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