How to Install and Use 7zip on Ubuntu Linux - It's FOSS

Compress a file in 7zip archive format in Linux ... You can compress a file in 7zip archive format graphically. Simply right click on the file/directory, and ... Skiptocontent Brief:Cannotextract.7zfileinLinux?Learnhowtoinstallanduse7zipinUbuntuandotherLinuxdistributions. 7Zip(properlywrittenas7-Zip)isanarchiveformathugelypopularamongWindowsusers.A7Ziparchivefileusuallyendsin.7zextension.It’smostlyanopensourcesoftwarebarringafewpartofthecodethatdealswithunRAR. The7ZipsupportisnotenabledbydefaultinmostLinuxdistributions.Ifyoutrytoextractit,youmayseethiserror: CouldnotopenthisfiletypeThereisnocommandinstalledfor7-ziparchivefiles.Doyouwanttosearchforacommandtoopenthisfile? Don’tworry,youcaneasilyinstall7zipinUbuntuorotherLinuxdistributions. Theoneproblemyou’llnoticeifyoutrytousetheapt-getinstallcommand,you’llseethattherearenoinstallationcandidatethatstartswith7zip.It’sbecausethe7ZippackageinLinuxisnamedp7zip.,startwithletter‘p’insteadoftheexpectednumber‘7’. Let’sseehowtoinstall7zipinUbuntuand(possibly)otherLinuxdistributions. Install7ZipinUbuntuLinux Firstthingyouneedistoinstallthep7zippackage.You’llfindthree7zippackagesinUbuntu:p7zip,p7zip-fullandp7zip-rar. Thedifferencebetweenp7zipandp7zip-fullisthatp7zipisalighterversionprovidingsupportonlyfor.7zwhilethefullversionprovidessupportformore7zcompressionalgorithms(foraudiofilesetc). Thep7zip-rarpackageprovidessupportforRARfilesalongwith7z. Installingp7zip-fullshouldbesufficientinmostcasesbutyoumayalsoinstallp7zip-rarforadditionalsupportfortherarfile. p7zippackagesareintheuniverserepositoryinUbuntusomakesurethatyouhaveenableditusingthiscommand: sudoadd-apt-repositoryuniverse sudoaptupdate Usethefollowingcommandtoinstall7zipsupportinUbuntuandDebianbaseddistributions. sudoaptinstallp7zip-fullp7zip-rar That’sgood.Nowyouhave7ziparchivesupportinyoursystem. Extract7ZiparchivefileinLinux With7Zipinstalled,youcaneitherusetheGUIorthecommandlinetoextract7zipfilesinLinux. InGUI,youcanextracta.7zfileasyouextractanyothercompressedfile.Yourightclickonthefileandproceedtoextractit. Interminal,youcanextracta.7zarchivefileusingthiscommand: 7zefile.7z Compressafilein7ziparchiveformatinLinux Youcancompressafilein7ziparchiveformatgraphically.Simplyrightclickonthefile/directory,andselectCompress.Youshouldseeseveraltypesofarchiveformatoptions.Choose.7zfor7zip. 7zipArchiveUbuntu Alternatively,youcanalsousethecommandline.Here’sthecommandthatyoucanuseforthispurpose: 7zaOutputFilefiles_to_compress Bydefault,thearchivedfilewillhave.7zextension.Youcancompressthefileinzipformatbyspecifyingtheextension(.zip)oftheoutputfile. Conclusion That’sit.See,howeasyitistouse7zipinLinux.Ihopeyoulikedthisquicktip.Ifyouhavequestionsorsuggestions,feelfreetoletmeknowthecommentsections. AbhishekPrakash CreatorofIt'sFOSS.AnardentLinuxuser&opensourcepromoter.HugefanofclassicdetectivemysteriesrangingfromAgathaChristieandSherlockHolmestoDetectiveColumbo&ElleryQueen.Alsoamoviebuffwithasoftcornerforfilmnoir. Postnavigation Previous Previous21BestKaliLinuxToolsforHackingandPenetrationTestingNextContinue HowtoSSHintoaRaspberryPi[Beginner’sTip] SimilarPosts Afewyearsback,itwatchingNetflixonLinuxrequiredtweakingyoursystem,installingextralibraries,switchinguseragentsinthewebbrowser.ThegoodnewsisthatNetflixisnowcompletelysupportedonLinux.Youdon’tneedtodoanyextraeffortstowatchNetflixonLinuxanymore.Well,mostly.HowtowatchNetflix… Havingtroubleconverting.cbrtoKindlereadyMOBIformatwithCalibre?Facingthelibunrar.solibraryerror?Followthissimpletutorialtofixit. MicrophonenotworkinginSkypeorinGmail?HereisaquicktiptofixtheaudioproblemwithmicinUbuntu, GNOMETweaksisaversatiletoolthatletsyoucustomizemanyaspectsofyourGNOMEdesktop.ThistutorialshowshowtoinstallanduseGNOMETweaktool. AnabsolutebeginnertiptohackUbuntupassword.HackUbuntuusercredentialinlessthan5minutes.Youdon’tneedtobegeniustodoit. Youclosethelidofyourlaptopbutitkeepsonrunninginsteadofgoingintosuspendmode?Hereareafew wayshowyoucanmakeUbuntususpendwhenthelidisclosed. Howtoupdate/upgrade7-Zipto(newest)version22?Thxforyourhelpandtime. Reply IsthereaspecificreasontonotusetheversionprovidedbyUbunturepositories? Reply Mightwanttomentiontheselimitationsstatedinthemanpage: DONOTUSEthe7-zipformatforbackuppurposeonLinux/Unixbecause7-zipdoesnotstoretheowner/groupofthefile. OnLinux/Unix,inordertobackupdirectoriesyoumustusetar: –tobackupadirectory:tarcf–directory|7za-sidirectory.tar.7z –torestoreyourbackup:7zx-sodirectory.tar.7z|tarxf– Reply Thanksforsharingthat Reply Abhishek, Iamnotaprofessionalcomputertechiebutliketotakeadigatlinux.Iamhighlyimpressedbyyoureffortinhereasmostofthesitesuggestcommandswhichdonotwork.yourtutorialsareexcellent.Welldone,keepitup. Reply IamgladyouenjoyLinuxandIt’sFOSStutorials,Ajay:) Reply Like90%ofthethingsItriedtoinstallonlinux,itgaveerrormessages,notsurprisedanymore. Somethingasessentialasunzippingcannotbeinstalledbyasimpleclick,andsomepeoplestillwonderwhy98%ofPCusersareonWindows. Reply HiJacob,Maybeyouhaveaprocessthatdidn’tendcorrectly,trytokillthatprocess,usingthe“dpkg”code. I’msureyouwillfindtheinformationsearching“killprocces”or“dpkg”onyourbrowser. Reply TableofContentsInstall7ZipinUbuntuLinuxExtract7ZiparchivefileinLinuxCompressafilein7ziparchiveformatinLinuxDon’tfindwhatyouarelookingfor? Welldone,Sherlock! Yoursharpobservationskillandintellecthaveidentifiedapotentialissuewiththisarticle. Isitagrammaticalmistakeorasimpletypo?Thathappensfromtimetotime. Istheresomeincorrecttechnicalinformation?It'spossiblethatwewerenotclearonthetopic. Partofthearticlecontainsoutdatedstepsorcommands?Wehaveover1500articlesinthelasttenyears.It'spossiblethatsomearticlesthatworkedwellfiveyearsagowon'tworktoday. 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