7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip

* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* Supported formats:
o Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
o Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
* For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 63 languages

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Fantastic archive manager.

  by Halleck

I first got a taste of 7-zip on windows, where it has been outfitted with explorer integration and a very functional GUI. It can handle some pretty intense operations (multi-gig archiving) where the built-in windows archiver craps out. I have since installed it on all of my Linux boxes and use it from the command line. It supports a great range of archive formats and is easy to use. I still use tar for making .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 archives out of ... [More] habit, but 7zip has earned a permanent place on my unix toolchain.
One caveat: if you plan to use the native .7z format, make a tarball first if you want to preserve the permissions of your files. [Less]

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    p7zip 4.58 released (Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:24:51 GMT)

    Released at Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:24:51 GMT by myspace
    Includes files: p7zip_4.58_x86_linux_bin.tar.bz2 (1827073 bytes, 35 downloads to date), p7zip_4.58_src_all.tar.bz2 (1948207 bytes, 44 downloads to date)
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    LZMA SDK 4.58 beta released (Mon, 05 May 2008 08:20:41 GMT)

    Released at Mon, 05 May 2008 08:20:41 GMT by ipavlov
    Includes files: lzma458.tar.bz2 (309128 bytes, 75 downloads to date)
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    7-Zip 4.58 beta released (Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:33 GMT)

    Released at Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:33 GMT by ipavlov
    Includes files: 7za458.zip (353728 bytes, 258 downloads to date), 7z458_extra.7z (280089 bytes, 188 downloads to date), 7z458.tar.bz2 (622158 bytes, 83 downloads to date), 7z458.exe (877094 ... [More] bytes, 4475 downloads to date), 7z458-x64.msi (1143808 bytes, 653 downloads to date), 7z458.msi (933888 bytes, 348 downloads to date), 7z458-ia64.msi (1549312 bytes, 71 downloads to date)
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    p7zip 4.57 released (Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:38:27 GMT)

    Released at Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:38:27 GMT by myspace
    Includes files: p7zip_4.57_x86_linux_bin.tar.bz2 (1784193 bytes, 48 downloads to date), p7zip_4.57_src_all.tar.bz2 (1473608 bytes, 101 downloads to date)
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    LZMA SDK 4.57 released (Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:10:26 GMT)

    Released at Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:10:26 GMT by ipavlov
    Includes files: lzma457.tar.bz2 (298927 bytes, 309 downloads to date)
    [Download] [Release Notes]

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