rar: added rar package and algorithm

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+# RAR (package)
+
+RAR is a package available for many Linux distributions that handles `.rar`
+archives of the [RAR algorithm](/wiki/rar_(algorithm).md).
+
+## Setup
+
+On most distributions the functionalities for creating a `.rar` archive is
+bundled in the `rar` package.
+For extraction a separate package is used called `unrar`.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Extracting a `.rar` archive
+
+A `.rar` archive can be extracted using the `unrar` package with the following
+command.
+
+```sh
+unrar e <path to .rar file>
+```