How to Install 7zip on Ubuntu Linux

7zip is a free, open source, cross platform, software used to archive and compress files (or hierarchies of files) into a single file or into a series of files with a user-specified size limit.

7zip will unRar rar files (reassemble them and extract their original contents), and 7zip supports file-splitting using its own (nonRar) format.

7zip supports all the major "archive and compression" file-types you'd want to create or view, plus it provides its own lossless compression type (7z) that I've come to prefer. In short, I don't zip or Rar files anymore; I 7zip them!

Installing a 7-zip in Ubuntu Linux is simple. Follow these instructions:

Aquire Root Password

You'll need to know the root password to install software in Ubuntu. If you've never created a root password follow these steps:

1. From Ubuntu's "System" menu, open the "Users and Groups" manager: System | Administration | Users and Groups
2. Click on the "root" user, and then click the properties button.
3. Highlight the contents of "User Password" text-box and then over-type it with the first password that comes to your mind.
4. Highlight the contents of "Confirmation" text-box and then over-type it with the same password you chose in the previous step.
5. Click the "OK" button.

Install 7-Zip

1. From the "Applications" menu, select "Add/Remove". This will bring up Ubuntu's applications manager.
2. Select "All available applications" from the "Show" drop-down menu (located in the top-right corner of the applications manager.
3. Type "7zip" in to the search box (top-left) and press <enter> on your keyboard.
4. Click the check box next to "7zip" in the top-right pane. You'll then be asked if you want to install it.
5. Click the "Install" button.
6. Click the "Apply" button.
7. Confirm you want to apply the installation by clicking the "Apply" button.
8. Authenticate. Type in the root password. Now, 7-zip will be downloaded and installed.

Create and View 7zip files with Ubuntu's "Archive Manager" (file-roller)

After, installing 7zip, you'll be able compress any file or folder into a .7z file by simply: (1) right-clicking it (2) selecting "Create Archive" from the context menu (3) name the output file (4) select 7z from the drop-down-menu and (5). Click the "Create" button.

Also, you can view the contents of any 7z file by simply double-clicking it.

Advanced Features - Using 7zip's Command Line Utility

Other than the method mentioned above, Linux doesn't yet provide a GUI that graphical exposes all of 7zip's features. This means that you'll have to type some 7z commands into a command prompt. Go here for a little help:

• http://www.howtoadvice.com/7zipHelper/

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