How To Install 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, 7-Zip is open-source software available to compress and decompress files and folders into various formats. 7-Zip is still a popular compression of files and directories over cross-platform devices. Formats that 7-Zip supports such as 7z, ZIP, RAR, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, and many more formats.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the 7-Zip open-source file archiver on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Step 1. First, update the package index and upgrade any existing packages by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2. Installing 7-Zip on Ubuntu 22.04.

By default, the 7-Zip is available on Ubuntu 22.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the latest version of 7-Zip on your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install p7zip-full

After the installation is complete, you can verify the installed version by running:

7z --version

While the command-line interface offers flexibility and power, some users may prefer a more user-friendly graphical approach. Enter p7zip, the official GUI for 7-Zip on Linux. Here’s how you can install and use it:

sudo apt install p7zip-rar

Alternatively, you can install the p7zip snap package:

sudo snap install p7zip-desktop

Step 3. Using 7-Zip Commands.

Once successfully installed, to test its model and choices to make use of, we will use:

7z -h

Output:

<Commands>
  a : Add files to archive
  b : Benchmark
  d : Delete files from archive
  e : Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
  h : Calculate hash values for files
  i : Show information about supported formats
  l : List contents of archive
  rn : Rename files in archive
  t : Test integrity of archive
  u : Update files to archive
  x : eXtract files with full paths

<Switches>
  -- : Stop switches parsing
  -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : Include archives
  -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : eXclude archives
  -ao{a|s|t|u} : set Overwrite mode
  -an : disable archive_name field
  -bb[0-3] : set output log level
  -bd : disable progress indicator
  -bs{o|e|p}{0|1|2} : set output stream for output/error/progress line
  -bt : show execution time statistics
  -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : Include filenames
  -m{Parameters} : set compression Method
    -mmt[N] : set number of CPU threads
  -o{Directory} : set Output directory
  -p{Password} : set Password
  -r[-|0] : Recurse subdirectories
  -sa{a|e|s} : set Archive name mode
  -scc{UTF-8|WIN|DOS} : set charset for for console input/output
  -scs{UTF-8|UTF-16LE|UTF-16BE|WIN|DOS|{id}} : set charset for list files
  -scrc[CRC32|CRC64|SHA1|SHA256|*] : set hash function for x, e, h commands
  -sdel : delete files after compression
  -seml[.] : send archive by email
  -sfx[{name}] : Create SFX archive
  -si[{name}] : read data from stdin
  -slp : set Large Pages mode
  -slt : show technical information for l (List) command
  -snh : store hard links as links
  -snl : store symbolic links as links
  -sni : store NT security information
  -sns[-] : store NTFS alternate streams
  -so : write data to stdout
  -spd : disable wildcard matching for file names
  -spe : eliminate duplication of root folder for extract command
  -spf : use fully qualified file paths
  -ssc[-] : set sensitive case mode
  -ssw : compress shared files
  -stl : set archive timestamp from the most recently modified file
  -stm{HexMask} : set CPU thread affinity mask (hexadecimal number)
  -stx{Type} : exclude archive type
  -t{Type} : Set type of archive
  -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName] : Update options
  -v{Size}[b|k|m|g] : Create volumes
  -w[{path}] : assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
  -x[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard} : eXclude filenames
  -y : assume Yes on all queries

For example, create .7z file from multiple files and folders:

7z a file.7z file1.txt folder file2.jpg file{4..9}.jpg

For example, create .zip file:

7z a file.zip file1.png file2.txt

For example, extract a file with full paths:

7z x file.7z

For example, add files/Update archive file:

7z u file.7z file1.txt folder/

Congratulations! You have successfully installed 7-Zip. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the 7-Zip compression of files and directories on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official 7-Zip website.