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7-zip now also has an official Linux version (`7zz`), which can be used to replace the unmaintained p7zip (`7zr`, `7za`, `7z`).

prima-facie 4y ago
Thank you for pointing this out! This is the source of much confusion. Although Arch for example uses https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip which seems to be reasonably maintained?
kkshetty 4y ago
Are you perhaps referring to the "7zip" package => https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/7zip https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/7zip ? It seems to be maintained by the Ubuntu MOTU Devs. I searched a lot but couldn't find this "7zz" package you mentioned.
- chupasaurus 4y ago
  dfsg in the package version is a note that it's been taken directly from Debian.
- grumbel 4y ago
  The "7zip" package is the official one. Linux support has been around before 22.00, but still relatively new. The old one is called "p7zip": https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/p7zip https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/p7zip That one hasn't seen new releases since 2016. The 7zz refers to the new binary name, which is different between the p7zip and 7zip packages.
rsync 4y ago
"7-zip now also has an official Linux version (`7zz`), which can be used to replace the unmaintained p7zip (`7zr`, `7za`, `7z`) ..." That's interesting, thanks. From time to time customers ask about adding "7zip" to the environment at rsync.net so that they can do things like: ssh user@rsync.net 7z blah blah ... ... and an official linux version would be a step closer to a solution there. I see that source is available so we should be able to compile it for FreeBSD without too much trouble ... I'll write up something in next quarters tech notes about it ...
lydericlandry 4y ago
This where one can download it: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html https://www.7-zip.org/download.html They provide a statically linked version (7zzs) that works on things like Alpine Linux.
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whateveracct 4y ago
Cool! `nix-shell -p _7zz` works like a charm :)

prima-facie 4y ago

Thank you for pointing this out! This is the source of much confusion. Although Arch for example uses https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip which seems to be reasonably maintained?

kkshetty 4y ago

Are you perhaps referring to the "7zip" package => https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/7zip https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/7zip ? It seems to be maintained by the Ubuntu MOTU Devs. I searched a lot but couldn't find this "7zz" package you mentioned.

chupasaurus 4y ago
dfsg in the package version is a note that it's been taken directly from Debian.
grumbel 4y ago
The "7zip" package is the official one. Linux support has been around before 22.00, but still relatively new. The old one is called "p7zip": https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/p7zip https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/p7zip That one hasn't seen new releases since 2016. The 7zz refers to the new binary name, which is different between the p7zip and 7zip packages.

rsync 4y ago

"7-zip now also has an official Linux version (`7zz`), which can be used to replace the unmaintained p7zip (`7zr`, `7za`, `7z`) ..." That's interesting, thanks. From time to time customers ask about adding "7zip" to the environment at rsync.net so that they can do things like: ssh user@rsync.net 7z blah blah ... ... and an official linux version would be a step closer to a solution there. I see that source is available so we should be able to compile it for FreeBSD without too much trouble ... I'll write up something in next quarters tech notes about it ...

lydericlandry 4y ago

This where one can download it: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html https://www.7-zip.org/download.html They provide a statically linked version (7zzs) that works on things like Alpine Linux.

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whateveracct 4y ago

Cool! `nix-shell -p _7zz` works like a charm :)