title: How to extract rar files inside google colab
body: <p>I have a <strong>dataset in google drive</strong> which I want to use in <strong>google colab</strong>.But I can't <strong>unrar the rar files</strong> by any means.So far I have tried installing python libraries and also ubuntu packages like "unrar ,rar ,unrar-free ,unar ,unp" and I just can't open the damn file.Here are the results of each command:</p>
  
  <p>!rar x data.rar</p>
  
  <pre><code>RAR 5.40   Copyright (c) 1993-2016 Alexander Roshal   15 Aug 2016
  Trial version             Type RAR -? for help
  
  
  Extracting from meta-data.rar
  
  Cannot create meta-data/sample_submission.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/test.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/train.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create directory meta-data
  Input/output error
  Total errors: 4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>!unrar data.rar</p>
  
  <pre><code>UNRAR 5.50 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2017 Alexander Roshal
  
  
  Extracting from meta-data.rar
  
  Cannot create meta-data/sample_submission.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/test.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/train.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create directory meta-data
  Input/output error
  Total errors: 4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>!unp meta-data.rar</p>
  
  <pre><code>RAR 5.40   Copyright (c) 1993-2016 Alexander Roshal   15 Aug 2016
  Trial version             Type RAR -? for help
  
  
  Extracting from meta-data.rar
  
  Cannot create meta-data/sample_submission.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/test.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/train.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create directory meta-data
  Input/output error
  Total errors: 4
  
  UNRAR 5.50 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2017 Alexander Roshal
  
  
  Extracting from meta-data.rar
  
  Cannot create meta-data/sample_submission.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/test.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create meta-data/train.csv
  No such file or directory
  Cannot create directory meta-data
  Input/output error
  Total errors: 4
  Can't exec "file": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/unp line 419.
  Failed to detect file type of meta-data.rar.
  WARNING: There were errors while processing files!
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>None of the others a re working either so any ideas are welcomed.</p>