PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 24, Issue 58

[James crawford]

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> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:48:54 -0700 From: KevinO <kevin at kevino.org> 
> Subject: Re: 7z on LINUX To: Main PLUG discussion list 
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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.
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> If you are stuck, perhaps I could decompress it for you.
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FC6 shows package p7zip and xarchive as a 7zip archive applications.