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.

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