How-to Extract 7z Files on Elementary OS Linux

January 1st, 2016 by thelinuxevangelist

Expanding 7z Archives on Elementary OS Linux

The Linux Tutorial Shows You How-to to Decompress/Extract/Unarchive the 7-Zip Files on Elementary OS 0.2-Luna/0.3-Freya/0.4-Loki GNU/Linux.

The core 7z compression uses a variety of algorithms, the most common of which are bzip2, PPMd, LZMA2, and LZMA. Developed by Pavlov, LZMA is a relatively new system, making its debut as part of the 7z format.

Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30–70% better than to zip format, and 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2–10% better than most other zip-compatible programs.

7z Files Extraction/Decompression/Unarchive on Elementary OS - Featured

How-to Install 7-Zip Command Line Tool on Elementary OS
- By the Ubuntu Software Center:
  One Click Install
  
  After simply Confirm to Open and Install by the System Package Installer…
- By Terminal Shell:
```
sudo apt-get install p7zip
```
  If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
Double-Click on File on Desktop to Extract by Archive Manager

Or on to Extract the 7-Zip Archives on Shell:
```
p7zip -d my7ZippedFile.7z
```

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