I appreciate that the RARLABS software is closed source, but RARLABS
provides the software as a way for users on non windows environments to
extract their format. Ubuntu includes other closed source software in
the repos such as the Nvidia drivers. Another example is Adobe Flash.

The so called "free" unrar library (the RARLABS unrar is also "free" as
in cost) that is optionally available in the repos as well is feature
limited and not reliable for general use cases in my experience. An
example is how it fails to extract multiple volume archives when I tried
it.

The idea that the required package cannot be included as required for
file roller is one which is at odds to other Ubuntu closed source
precedents.

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File Roller With P7zip Broken on Rars
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257519
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