Re: 7z on LINUX

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Author: KevinO
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Subject: Re: 7z on LINUX
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.

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KevinO
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