Unrar files via debian command line

Unrar files via debian command line The unrar command does not seem to work for some files. If I unrar the files with WinRar on Windows it works without a charge. These files are password encrypted and split into multiple files.
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"Are you using the free or nonfree unrar? (The free version is in package unrar-free, the nonfree version in package unrar. Check which you have installed with dpkg -l | grep unrar.)

The unrar-free package won't handle some archives in the RAR 3.0 archive format. You can try using the nonfree unrar package (install with sudo apt-get install unrar).

Alternatively, you can try using 7zip (install the p7zip-full and p7zip-rar packages), or you can grab the latest RAR binaries direct from RARlabs. The official RARlabs version is a 40-day trial; see their site for a pricelist."