Convert TAR.BZ2 to RAR
Our free online converter allows you to convert tar.bz2 archives to rar as well as a variety of other formats.
Converting your tar.bz2 file to rar is easy with these steps.
Converting your rar file to tar.bz2 is easy with these steps.
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Converting tar.bz2 to rar
tar.bz2
| Extension | .tar.bz2 |
| Category | 🔵 archives |
| Description | 🔵 The tar.bz2 file format is a compression format used to compress and archive multiple files into a single file. It is a combination of two separate compression formats: tar (short for Tape Archive) and bzip2. |
| Technical details | 🔵 The tar format is used to package multiple files into a single archive file, while preserving their individual attributes such as permissions, ownership, timestamps, and directory structures. The bzip2 format is then used to compress the tar archive, resulting in a smaller file size. The resulting .tar.bz2 file contains both the original files and the information needed to restore them to their original form, including the directory structure and file attributes. |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/tar |
WinRAR Compressed Archive
| Extension | .rar |
| Category | 🔵 archives |
| Programs | 🔵 7Zip 🔵 StuffIt 🔵 WinZip |
| Main program | 🔵 WinRAR |
| Description | 🔵 RAR is a proprietary archive file format that helps you archive and store important files as a group. What this means is that you can compress and distribute large files as a single file provided you converted them to the RAR file format. RAR file format has many characteristics and benefits that include:
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| Technical details | 🔵 How to create and how to open an RAR fileDo you want to create a RAR file? Some several applications and programs allow you to do that. Out of the list of options, the two most outstanding are WinRAR and 7-Zip. You only need to select the folder you want to convert and add it to the archive. If you want to open a RAR file, you can do that with several devices and programs, such as Windows Phone, Android smartphone, iOS devices, and Windows. To open your RAR file with Windows, simply install the RAR file software. Then, right-click the RAR file you want to extract, select the software you installed as the program you want to use for the extraction, and click on Extract Files. You can then select the folder where you want to store the extracted file(s) before clicking on OK. Which other formats RAR can be converted into and whyRAR files aren’t common as ZIP files. So, you have to use commercial software to open the files. Also, the encryption algorithm on RAR files isn’t as secure as those of ZIP files. To that end, here are some of the other formats and alternatives that can be used to open RAR files:
RAR files are usually converted into ZIP ones and vice versa. The latter format takes less time to get compressed so it is more convenient to work with if a user needs to deal with numerous archives. |
| Developer | 🔵 Eugene Roshal |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/x-rar-compressed |