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p7zip Adds Built-In 7-Zip Tools to Ubuntu
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 11:10 PM on July 22, 2008
The Tombuntu blog points out a seriously helpful package available in Ubuntu's extended repositories that make creating super-efficient 7-Zip archives simple and fast, whether you're right-clicking or working with a command line. Run this command to install it:
sudo apt-get install p7zip
Tags: archives | compression | linux | organise | ubuntu | zip
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Barron
Posted 12:26 AM 23/7/08
Also available for OS X : [p7zip.sourceforge.net]
Barron
0zSpitt
Posted 1:53 AM 23/7/08
i've played around with unbuntu for a while on a bootable cd. now i've installed it to see how it actually works. but i'm here now on vista, guess i'll have to come back
0zSpitt
edmicman
Posted 3:23 AM 23/7/08
Speaking of, does anyone use a different Ubuntu archive manager than the built-in one? Maybe this package will help; I'll try it out when I get home. I use 7zip on Windows, and find it a lot more functional than the built in Archive Manager that comes with Ubuntu. Alas, it's not cross platform it seems...
edmicman
toaste
Posted 4:01 AM 23/7/08
I see no reason to use anything but the Ubuntu-default File Roller. Also available are Xarchiver, Xarchive, and Karchiver.
None of these supports encrypted 7zip archives well. Xarchive will at least let you extract them, but its clunky interface doesn't support drag and drop. File Roller and Xarchiver both fail with an error, and Karchiver fails silently and then crashes Nautilus out of spite.
Sadly, 7zip under wine is currently the best gui tool if you want some control over the compression level and encryption. Wine-Doors simplifies installing it, but you'll still want to run winecfg to configure what drives point to what (alt+f2, winecfg).
toaste
Archavious
Posted 3:46 AM 23/7/08
Why not just use tar?
Archavious
Barron
Posted 4:39 AM 23/7/08
@Archavious: RTA - 7zip provides greater compression = smaller files.
Barron
chris.lucier
Posted 8:04 AM 23/7/08
Also, if you like a GUI, you can download q7z. Works on Linux and is easy to install and use!
Q7Z is available here: [k7z.sourceforge.net]
chris.lucier
Slugicide
Posted 9:47 AM 24/7/08
I'm confused as to the advantages. Tar supports LZMA (which 7zip uses), and you can tar with a right click in Gnome...
Slugicide