Shell Script To Install Rar/Unrar On Linux

This is a bash script which installs  Rar/Unrar On A Linux System.
This script will first detect the decide weather the server has 64 bit or 32 bit Operating System installed and then will install the respective version of RAR/UNRAR.

#!/bin/bash
# simple bash script that will install rar
# By www.vpsgeek.info
echo "This script will install rar on your box"
# move to a temp director
cd /tmp
# detecting the architecture
if $(uname -a | grep 'x86_64'); then
echo "this is 64 bit os, so lets install 64bit winrar"
wget http://rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x64-3.8.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf rarlinux-x64-3.8.0.tar.gz
cd rar
./unrar
else
echo "this is 32 bit os, so lets install 32bit winrar"
wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz
cd rar
./unrar
fi
cp rar unrar /bin
echo "rar sucessfully installed"

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Tagged as: rar, unrar