Anyone installed 7-zip?

I use a lot of encrypted .7z files from the Windows world. Has anyone installed p7zip from Add/Remove programs. I don't particularly care how it looks or performs -- i just don't want it to break anything.

Also, if anyone can name a good, solid, tested (on AAO) alternative program, I'm all ears.

Thanks,


Ken

 

ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/p7zip-4.51-3.fc8.i386.rpm

You should be able to find it with Pirut too.

 

OT but

Its might be worth checking out PeaZip
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

I used the standalone version which works for me, there is also a .rpm package.

 

Forget peazip, it does not handle encryption at all well on the AA1, Shame as I use it on my other linux and windoze machines where it works fine.

 

Really struggling with this one, dumped the standalone .tar.gz version and used the .rpm package which works a bit better.
Too be fair, if you only want to extract .7z files the command line is fine but IMHO it is nice to have a GUI archiver which gives easy control over where the files go.
Thanks to cpchan for pointing out the rpm for 7zip.

 

As long as you have 7zip installed, file-roller, karchiver and ark will work with it.

No problem.

 

Thanks for the responses so far. It sounds like p7zip doesn't break anything. I will research file-roller, karchiver and ark to if and how I can get them on here. Yes, GUI is a huge help in compressing and expanding, imo.

Thanks again,


Ken

 

Yes just need one of them, they all basically do the same thing. file-roller is the default de/archiver for Gnome, where as karchiver and ark are KDE programs. You can find them with Pirut.

 

I just installed 7zip via pirut, however I cannot start it. I would love to use it the same way as I do in Windows, e.g. by right clicking on a compressed file I get the option tu extract or compress with 7zip. Does anyone know how to achieve this?

 

Did you ever find a solution to this as I have the same problem :?

 

Well, yes, I found a good solution, but it is pretty dramatic. Put another distribution on. #/crunchbang has 7-zip under file-roller with encryption that works fine. All you have to do is install the 7-zip libs with the package manager.

For the overall best distro for business, imo, i might suggest Mandriva though 7-zip install was a little tricky and I don't recall the steps. But everything else, including modern versions of all key software, works great with no fuss at all. And TrueCrypt is an easy install and works beautifully, which i think is important on a netbook that is going to be more likely to fall into a stranger's hands than the average PC. Mandriva is the anti-LimpOS -- you never have to worry about updates, adding packages, etc. It just works. It isn't fancy, it isn't beautiful, isn't sexy -- but it is not tempermental either.

FWIW.


Ken

 

Well,
I have made the opposite experience: Linpus is VERY fast, got ALL I need (despite 7zip, but I can live with that), and is VERY intuitive. What else do I need? I don't know why so many people are looking for something different for their AAO. Maybe because it's kinda fancy to look for something different?

 

No, because unfortunately I actually need to use it.

Ken

 

So does my girlfriend who also own an AAO. She sometimes teaches at University and uses her AAO after I made some little changes to Linpus, e.g. disable automatic user login, update to OpenOffice 3.1. She is absolutely happy with it and uses it for everyday works like email, Powerpoint (Impress), Office.

 

Well anyone else's opinion isn't worth anything compared to yours or your girlfriends. Sorry for offering a comment.

Bye.

 

Sorry for offering my comment.