How To Install 7zip on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 7zip on Ubuntu.

What is 7zip

7zip is:

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The main features of 7-Zip are:

• High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
  • Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
• For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
• Powerful command line version

Note: The unRAR code was dropped to keep compatible with DFSG.

There are three methods to install 7zip on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 7zip Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 7zip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 7zip

Install 7zip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 7zip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 7zip

Install 7zip Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install 7zip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 7zip

How To Uninstall 7zip on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the 7zip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 7zip

Uninstall 7zip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 7zip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 7zip

Remove 7zip Configurations and Data

To remove 7zip configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 7zip

Remove 7zip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 7zip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 7zip

Dependencies

7zip have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• 7zip website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 7zip package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.