Try reinstalling it: apt-get install unrar --reinstall
/home/user # apt-get install unrar --reinstall Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 91.9kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free unrar 1:3.5.4-1 [91.9kB] Fetched 91.9kB in 3s (30.2kB/s) (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `hildon-desktop-applet-settings-mr0' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libshiboken0.4' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `homeip' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `location-settings-default' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libxinerama1' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `lzma' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package 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Preparing to replace unrar 1:3.5.4-1 (using .../unrar_1%3a3.5.4-1_armel.deb) ... Unpacking replacement unrar ... Setting up unrar (1:3.5.4-1) ... /home/user #