Besides ZIP compression format, other format that usually used are 7z/7zip and rar. As they are not installed by default in Pop!_OS, we have to install manually.
RAR (and UnRAR)
RAR supports formats:
- CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ and TAR.GZ, BZ2 and TAR.BZ2, ACE, UUE, JAR (Java Archive), ISO (ISO9660 – CD image), 7Z, XZ, Z (Unix compress)
Find more information about RAR/UnRAR at RARLAB.
To install RAR/UnRAR in Pop!_OS (as in Ubuntu):
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install rar unrar
to access the manual do man rar
7zip
Some features of 7-zip:
- 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, RAR, 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
Find more information about 7zip at 7-zip.org
To install 7z:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
to access the manual do man 7z
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