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Extracting winrar unlimited file size till disk is full

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1704 / 1 Year ago, tue, may 23, 2023, 12:07:38

When using the default archive manager () and trying to extract small files (< 1mB) the files keep getting bigger and bigger until the disk is full. What I mean by this is it keeps extracting and the extracted file keeps growing.

So if I try to extract a 100 kB file it starts at 1 gB and ends up at 80 gB.

Normal zips work fine.

My system:

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

GNOME 3.36.8

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answered 1 Year ago adedes · Accepted Answer

The other answer suggested installing and using xextractor which is not available on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. For me just installing unrar package solved the problem:

sudo apt install unrar

Then try again, it worked for me.