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rar2fs: Mount RAR Archives as File Systems

rar2fs is a FUSE based file system that can mount a source RAR archive/volume or a directory containing any number of RAR archives and read the contents as regular files on-the-fly. Non-archived files located in the source directory are handled transparently.

rar2fs Installation (ubuntu)

apt install libfuse-dev
git clone https://github.com/hasse69/rar2fs.git /tmp/rar2fs
wget -q http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-5.4.5.tar.gz -P /tmp/rar2fs/
tar -zxf /tmp/rar2fs/unrarsrc-5.4.5.tar.gz -C  /tmp/rar2fs
make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) -l$(($(nproc)+2)) -C  /tmp/rar2fs/unrar
make install-lib -C  /tmp/rar2fs/unrar
autoreconf -f -i /tmp/rar2fs/unrar
cd /tmp/rar2fs/; ./configure --with-unrar-lib=/tmp/rar2fs/unrar
make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) -l$(($(nproc)+2)) -C  /tmp/rar2fs
make install -C  /tmp/rar2fs
rm -rf /tmp/rar2fs

```
#!/bin/bash

# Install necessary dependencies
apt install wget2 libfuse libfuse-dev signify meson python3-looseversion python3-pytest -y

# Download and install rar
wget2 https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x64-701.tar.gz -P /tmp/
tar -xvzf /tmp/rarlinux-x64-701.tar.gz -C /tmp/
cd /tmp/rar
make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) -l$(($(nproc)+2)) -f makefile

# Download and install unrar
wget2 https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-7.0.8.tar.gz -P /tmp/
tar -xvzf /tmp/unrarsrc-7.0.8.tar.gz -C /tmp/
cd /tmp/unrar
make lib -j$(($(nproc) + 1)) -l$(($(nproc) + 2))
make install-lib -f makefile

# Clone, configure, and install rar2fs
git clone https://github.com/hasse69/rar2fs.git /tmp/rar2fs
cd /tmp/rar2fs
autoreconf -f -i
CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure --with-unrar=/tmp/unrar/
make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) -l$(($(nproc)+2))
make install

# Clone, configure, and install libfuse
wget2 https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases/download/fuse-3.16.2/fuse-3.16.2.tar.gz -P /tmp/
tar -xvzf /tmp/fuse-3.16.2.tar.gz -C /tmp/
cd /tmp/fuse-3.16.2
mkdir build
cd $_
meson configure -D disable-mtab=true
meson setup --reconfigure ../
ninja
python3 -m pytest test/
ninja install
```

!!! "Mount rar-archives"

```bash
mkdir ~/rar2fs
rar2fs -o allow_other ~/downloads ~/rar2fs
```

Unmount rar2fs

fusermount -u ~/rar2fs

Automount rar folders

printf '\n%s\n'	fuse allow_other,--seek-length=1    0 0"

Enable users to fusermount

sed -i 's/#user_allow_other/user_allow_other/g' /etc/fuse.conf