Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install 7zip on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install 7zip package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
