How can I install 7zip so I can run it from Terminal on OS X

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LearnmoreaboutTeams HowcanIinstall7zipsoIcanrunitfromTerminalonOSX AskQuestion Asked 9years,6monthsago Modified 7years,1monthago Viewed 264ktimes 246 43 Iwouldliketobeabletorun7zipfromthecommandlineonMac.Doesanyonehaveinstructionsonhowtosetthisup? macos7-zipterminal.app Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedFeb8,2013at10:35 PaulSheldrakePaulSheldrake 4,7141010goldbadges3333silverbadges3030bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 411 Toinstallp7zipusingHomebrew,firstupdateyourbrewformulaetobesureyouaregettingthelatestp7zip. $brewupdate UseHomebrewtoinstallp7zip: $brewinstallp7zip Addallfilesinthesputnikdirectorytothecompressedfileheed.7z: $7zaheed.7zsputnik Unzipheed.7z: $7zxheed.7z Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedOct30,2013at13:11 answeredOct29,2013at20:26 TroyHarveyTroyHarvey 4,22822goldbadges1212silverbadges66bronzebadges 11 12 sameformacports:sudoportinstallp7zipnoproblem – AlanBlount Aug23,2014at2:39 1 @AlanBlountthanksforaddinginstructionsforMacPorts. – TroyHarvey Sep10,2014at20:49 1 @pal4lifeCheckthepermissionsonyourCellardirectory. – TroyHarvey Oct19,2014at20:38 1 @MaciekSemikExamplefilenames. – SridharKatakam Mar14,2017at10:10 4 Ihadtocomeheretofindoutthatthecommandisn'tp7zip,itis7z... – MikeP Dec10,2017at0:52  |  Show6morecomments 43 Onthedownloadpageof7-zip,thereareseveraloptionsforOSX.Unfortunately,theyseemtobewithaGUI,ornotavailableatthemoment. Youcandownloadp7zipthough. p7zipisthecommandlineversionof7-ZipforUnix/Linux,madebyanindependentdeveloper ItisdistributedasLinuxbinariesandinsourcecodeformonSourceforge. Downloadthesourcecode,andrunmakeinthefolderyouextractthearchiveto.Itwillautomaticallybuild7zaforyourOS.YoumightneedXcodeanditscommandlinetoolsforthistowork. $cdDownloads/p7zip_9.20.1 $make [...] $cdbin $ls 7za $./7za 7-Zip(A)[64]9.20Copyright(c)1999-2010IgorPavlov2010-11-18 p7zipVersion9.20(locale=de_DE.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4CPUs) Usage:7za[...][...] [] a:Addfilestoarchive b:Benchmark d:Deletefilesfromarchive e:Extractfilesfromarchive(withoutusingdirectorynames) l:Listcontentsofarchive t:Testintegrityofarchive u:Updatefilestoarchive x:eXtractfileswithfullpaths -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}:Includearchives -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}:eXcludearchives -bd:Disablepercentageindicator -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}:Includefilenames -m{Parameters}:setcompressionMethod -o{Directory}:setOutputdirectory -p{Password}:setPassword -r[-|0]:Recursesubdirectories -scs{UTF-8|WIN|DOS}:setcharsetforlistfiles -sfx[{name}]:CreateSFXarchive -si[{name}]:readdatafromstdin -slt:showtechnicalinformationforl(List)command -so:writedatatostdout -ssc[-]:setsensitivecasemode -t{Type}:Settypeofarchive -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]:Updateoptions -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]:Createvolumes -w[{path}]:assignWorkdirectory.Emptypathmeansatemporarydirectory -x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}:eXcludefilenames -y:assumeYesonallqueries $./7zaa7za.7z7za 7-Zip(A)[64]9.20Copyright(c)1999-2010IgorPavlov2010-11-18 p7zipVersion9.20(locale=de_DE.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4CPUs) Scanning Creatingarchive7za.7z Compressing7za EverythingisOk $ls 7za7za.7z Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredFeb8,2013at10:49 DanielBeck♦DanielBeck 107k1414goldbadges280280silverbadges324324bronzebadges 1 1 Before"make"Ihadtoissuecommand"cpmakefile.macosx_64bitsmakefile.machine" – chrisinmtown Mar16,2015at16:47 Addacomment  |  18 Ifyouonlyneedtoextractarchives,unar(acommandlineversionofTheUnarchiver)alsosupports7zip. 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