![]() You may wish to wait until a stable version of the 7-Zip Linux client is released I can say that the alpha version runs fine on my (Fedora rawhide, don’t tell Ubuntu) system without any major issue. Naturally you’ll need to learn some commands, so do check out the very comprehensive 7-Zip manual that comes with the tool. Download the one you need, extract (using a different tool), then access it using your terminal emulator of choice: There you’ll find two packages available for Linux: one for x86 processors and one for 64-bit ARM. If you’re interested in checking it out head over the 7zip downloads. Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats.RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, XAR and Z. ![]() IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, Base64, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS,.Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM.High compression ratio in the new 7z format.The release notes say the 7-Zip Linux build supports all the features that the latest 7-Zip Window version, albeit sans a GUI, including: 7-Zip is a fairly well-known app on the Windows scene, so having it available (in some form) on Linux could persuade some reticent Windows users to switch. Linux is not exactly short of tools that do (mostly) the same job as 7-Zip. This build is that: the first official native version of 7-Zip for Linux. 7z format it isn’t an official upstream thing. But that client, reader’s tell me, isn’t quite same thing. ![]() I’ve memories of playing around with p7zip in the past. Now, at first I was a bit: “is this news?”. The popular archive utility 7-Zip is now available natively on Linux.ĭon’t unpack your excitement just yet: this is an alpha release, and we’re only taking about a command line client not a full-blown user-interface extravaganza. ![]()
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