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How To Install 7-zip on Ubuntu 22.04
In this guide, we want to teach you How To Install 7-zip on Ubuntu 22.04.
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don’t need to register or pay for 7-Zip.
7-Zip works for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, NT, ME, and 98. And there is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.
Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license with GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions.
Steps To Install 7-zip on Ubuntu 22.04
To complete this guide, you must log in to your server as a non-root user with sudo privileges. To do this, you can follow our guide the Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 22.04.
Installing 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04
By default, 7-Zip is available in the default Ubuntu repository. First, update and upgrade your local package index with the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Then, use the command below to install 7-Zip on your server:
sudo apt install p7zip-full
That’s it. By using a single command you have installed 7-Zip on your server.
How To Use 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04
The general syntax of 7-Zip is like this:
7z <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...] [<@listfiles...>]
You can find the switches and commands for 7-Zip with the following command on Ubuntu 22.04:
7z -h
Output
<Commands>
a : Add files to archive
b : Benchmark
d : Delete files from archive
e : Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
h : Calculate hash values for files
i : Show information about supported formats
l : List contents of archive
rn : Rename files in archive
t : Test integrity of archive
u : Update files to archive
x : eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
-- : Stop switches parsing
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : eXclude archives
-ao{a|s|t|u} : set Overwrite mode
-an : disable archive_name field
-bb[0-3] : set output log level
-bd : disable progress indicator
-bs{o|e|p}{0|1|2} : set output stream for output/error/progress line
-bt : show execution time statistics
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : Include filenames
-m{Parameters} : set compression Method
-mmt[N] : set number of CPU threads
-o{Directory} : set Output directory
-p{Password} : set Password
-r[-|0] : Recurse subdirectories
-sa{a|e|s} : set Archive name mode
-scc{UTF-8|WIN|DOS} : set charset for for console input/output
-scs{UTF-8|UTF-16LE|UTF-16BE|WIN|DOS|{id}} : set charset for list files
-scrc[CRC32|CRC64|SHA1|SHA256|*] : set hash function for x, e, h commands
-sdel : delete files after compression
-seml[.] : send archive by email
-sfx[{name}] : Create SFX archive
-si[{name}] : read data from stdin
-slp : set Large Pages mode
-slt : show technical information for l (List) command
-snh : store hard links as links
-snl : store symbolic links as links
-sni : store NT security information
-sns[-] : store NTFS alternate streams
-so : write data to stdout
-spd : disable wildcard matching for file names
-spe : eliminate duplication of root folder for extract command
-spf : use fully qualified file paths
-ssc[-] : set sensitive case mode
-ssw : compress shared files
-stl : set archive timestamp from the most recently modified file
-stm{HexMask} : set CPU thread affinity mask (hexadecimal number)
-stx{Type} : exclude archive type
-t{Type} : Set type of archive
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName] : Update options
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g] : Create volumes
-w[{path}] : assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : eXclude filenames
-y : assume Yes on all queries
Let’s see some examples of using 7-Zip.
To add files to the archive, you can use the 7z a command on Ubuntu 22.04, for example:
7z a {file-name}.7z {file-name}.txt
To extract or open an archive in a current directory, you can use the 7z e command, for example:
7z e {file-name}.7z
You can use the 7z x command on Ubuntu 22.04, to extract or open an archive in a current directory, for example:
7z x {file-name}.7z
Also, you can list all contents in the archive with the following 7z l command:
7z l {file-name}.7z
Conclusion
At this point, you have learned to Install 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04.
Hope you enjoy it.
For more basic articles, you can visit the Basic Linux Tutorials on the OrcaCore website.