How to install and use 7zip file archiver on Ubuntu Linux | Linux Today

How to install and use 7zip file archiver on Ubuntu Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 28, 2016

If you are a Microsoft Windows user, and your work involves sending/receiving large files over network, there’s quite a possibility that you’d have at-least heard of (if not used) the 7zip tool. For those who aren’t aware, 7zip is an award-winning, open-source file archiver that is claimed to have “a high compression ratio.”. In this article, we’ll discuss how to install and use p7zip in Linux.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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