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 > [!NOTE]
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-> The library does not support RAR archives when using the p7zip `.so` libraries: to extract RAR archives on Unix systems, you need to use 7-Zip's `.so` libraries.
+> The library does not support RAR archives when using the p7zip `.so` libraries. To extract RAR archives on Unix systems, you must use 7-Zip's `.so` libraries.
 >
 
 > [!NOTE]
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-> The library doesn't ship with the 7-Zip shared libraries, which can be built from the source code available at [7-zip.org](https://www.7-zip.org/).
+> Bit7z doesn't ship with the 7-Zip shared libraries: you can use the precompiled binaries or build them from the source code at [7-zip.org](https://www.7-zip.org/).
 >
 
 [^1]: On Windows, you should link your program _also_ with _oleaut32_ (e.g., `-lbit7z -loleaut32`).<br/> On Linux and macOS, you should link your program _also_ with _dl_ (e.g., `-lbit7z -ldl`).<br/> If you are using the library via CMake, these dependencies will be linked automatically to your project.