7z on LINUX

[Vaughn Treude]

KevinO wrote:
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> Vaughn Treude wrote:
>> Hello all:
>> I recently had the misfortune to download an archive with 7z format.  I 
>> can't find anything that does that sort of decompression in Linux.  On 
>> 7zip's source-forge page, there's some nonsense about using Wine to run 
>> their Windows version, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a ridiculous 
>> kludgie way of doing things that should be avoided if at all possible. 
>> Somebody must make a 7z decoder runs on Linux, right?  It's just that 
>> every time I do a Google search I get all this Windows crap!  I was able 
>> to download some source which CLAIMS to compile on Linux but the 
>> makefile is totally in a Windows format.  Heck, I might be willing to 
>> port it, but I'm not going to reinvent somebody else's wheel.  So does 
>> anybody know of a real Linux app that does this?
>> Thanks,
>> Vaughn
> Yes 7z, This older Mdk 10.0 system I just checked has it installed from a
> pre-built package.... So does a Mandriva 2006 system. Linux packages are out there.
> 
> If you are stuck, perhaps I could decompress it for you.
> 

Thanks for the offer, but it's not urgent.  I'm just frustrated because 
I'm trying to get ffmpeg set up on this system, and I've been running 
into one roadblock after another...

Don't know why I can't find the 7z decoder on mine.  My guess is that 
they couldn't use the 7zip name, so it must be called something

I'll check the packaging manager.

Vaughn


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