Linux: How to Install and Use 7zip (7z) Command-Line Tool

Installing 7zip on Linux

• 🐧 7zip is a command-line tool for compressing and extracting files on Linux.
• 💻 Installation on Ubuntu/Debian requires sudo apt install p7zip-full p7zip-rar to include full support and RAR support.
• ✅ Verify the installation by typing 7zip in the terminal, which should display the installed version (e.g., 23.01).

Creating and Extracting Archives

• 📝 To create a .7z archive, use the command 7z a [archive_name.7z] [file_or_folder_to_archive].
• 📂 The command 7z x [archive_name.7z] is used to extract the contents of an archive.
• 🎯 To extract an archive to a specific directory, use 7z x [archive_name.7z] -o[destination_directory].

Advanced 7zip Operations

• 📄 Use 7z l [archive_name.7z] to list the contents of an archive without extracting it.
• 🔒 Create a password-protected archive with 7z a -p [archive_name.7z] [file_to_archive], then enter your desired password when prompted.
• 🔑 Extracting a password-protected archive requires entering the correct password when prompted.
• 📦 7zip can also be used to create .zip and .tar archives, functioning similarly to standard commands for these formats.