How to install P7zip on Ubuntu 17.04

How to install P7zip on Ubuntu 17.04

P7zip is a UNIX and Linux system' s command-line port of 7-Zip, a file archiver with high compression ratios. It handles a range of formats such as 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, TAR, APM, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, etc. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of P7Zip on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, add the repo by executing the following command in the target system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
 This repository contains collection of customized, updated, ported and backported
packages for two last LTS releases and latest pre-LTS release.
Packages for older releases relocated to ppa:eugenesan/archive or deleted.

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| Disclaimer:
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* Packages in this a nd related PPAs are for personal use only.
  They developed specifically for several custom environments and may not work for you.
* Usage of packages in this PPA, in some forms, might contradict licenses of software
  packaged in this and related PPAs. End users and administrator are responsible for
  runtime licensing and possible legal consequences.
* Some packages provided with their dependencies while some might require additional
  Ubuntu repositories and external PPAs. Below is the list of
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Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmp58gcy2yp/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmp58gcy2yp/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E61380B28313A596: public key " Launchpad synergy+"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the target system. Update the repo in the system by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]                                                       
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                                                                           
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease                                          
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease                                         
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [1,100 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [1,108 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [1,288 B]
Fetched 18.9 kB in 1s (12.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Now install the p7zip package in the target system and press y to continue with the installation procedure.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install p7zip -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  p7zip-full
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  p7zip
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 98 not upgraded.
Need to get 347 kB of archives.
After this operation, 943 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 p7zip amd64 16.02+dfsg-2 [347 kB]
Fetched 347 kB in 2s (158 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package p7zip.
(Reading database ... 168833 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../p7zip_16.02+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking p7zip (16.02+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up p7zip (16.02+dfsg-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

The application is installed successfully. To know more about the p7zip application, run the following command and a list of options that can be used in the p7zip is shown in the terminal.

root@linuxhelp1:~# p7zip --help
Usage: /usr/bin/p7zip [options] [--] [ name ... ]

Options:
    -c --stdout --to-stdout      output data to stdout
    -d --decompress --uncompress decompress file
    -f --force                   do not ask questions
    -k --keep                    keep original file
    -h --help                    print this help
    --                           treat subsequent arguments as file
                                 names, even if they start with a dash

For removing the P7zip package, execute the apt-get remove command to uninstall the application and all of its repositories.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove p7zip -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  p7zip
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 98 not upgraded.
After this operation, 943 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 168843 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing p7zip (16.02+dfsg-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

That was an easy installation procedure, wasn' t it? The P7zip contains the highest compression ratio.