Add 7z (7-Zip) File Archive Support to Ubuntu

Posted by suvi under Software, Ubuntu

The 7z (7-Zip) archive format offers good compression ratios and is an open source format. This and the favored 7-Zip graphical file archive tool for Windows have popularized the format.

A default Ubuntu installation can’t extract or create 7z files. A package is available in the universe repositories that makes working for these files seamless with Ubuntu’s existing archive tools.

Install 7z file archive support from the package p7zip (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
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