Several CPU threads: As the app supports hyperthreading, to process large files you can increase or decrease the assigned threads.Įncryption: As I told above, the p7Zip offers encryption, thus, under “Encryption” one can create a password for their compressed files.

These are encoding methods if you know what are you doing then change it otherwise leave it as default. By default, it will be Normal.Ĭompression method: It offers LZMA2, LZMA, PPMd, and BZip2. From here we can opt for various settings to compress the files as per requirement.Īrchive format: Select the various available formats such as 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, swim, xz, and zip.Ĭompression level: Depending on how well compressed you want the archive, for that the level can be chosen. The moment you select and add a file to archive it, the settings of the 7Zip will get opened.

For example, in the below screenshot we have a folder called “ pics“, so we have selected to compress. Navigate to the file or folder that you want to compress and then select & click on the “ Add” button. You will get a file explorer inside this tool. To use the p7Zip through the Graphical user interface is very easy, after opening it on Ubuntu.

Once the installation is completed, go to Applications and search for this application. Wait for a few seconds depending on our internet connection speed, this free Linux file compression tool will be on your system. So, simply run the below command with sudo to install 7ZIP GUI, sudo snap install p7zip-desktop The benefit of using it is you can install the same snap package on other Linux systems such as CentOS, Fedora, Manjaro, and more without adding any repository. With SNAP: All the modern operating systems of Ubuntu come with a universal package manager called SNAP out of the box. Sudo apt update sudo apt install p7zip-full p7zip-rar Therefore, add it, if it is not on your system. This compression tool is available in the Universe repo of ubuntu. Yet, run it to make sure all the available packages on your system are up to date. However, those who are new to Linux can open it by searching in Applications or using a simple keyboard shortcut that is: Ctrl+Alt+T.Īlthough this command is not necessary because we are going to use the SNAP command here for 7Zip installation. Well, if you are already a Ubuntu user then, I don’t have any need to tell you how to access the command terminal. The commands are also applicable for older Ubuntu versions such as 20.04/19.10/19.04 18.10/18.04 including Linux Mint, Elementary OS, POP_OS, and more… 1: Open Terminal Uninstallation Steps to install p7Zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux

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