How to update 7-Zip on Ubuntu

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My version of 7-Zip

The version of my 7-Zip on my Ubuntu is 16.02. However, this is not the newest version by far. Calling sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get upgrade doesn't help. Is it just that the 7-Zip package is not maintained, or can I have up-to-date 7-Zip on my system?

EDIT: My version of Ubuntu is 18.10

Why do you think it's not the latest? You didn't provide your release of Ubuntu, but packages available are https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=7zip, the upstream version is https://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/p7zip & there is no later releases available on sourceforge http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/ — guiverc, Apr 01 '19 at 10:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '19 at 10:21

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If you check on https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/files/p7zip/, you can see the latest version available is 16.02, this also true per Disco (19.04) releases.

The 'newest' version however, only available in Windows machine.

So it appear the developer of 7-Zip hasn't released latest version for Ubuntu yet, and considering it's been 3 years already, I don't think that will the case.

answered Apr 01 '19 at 10:21

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That's what I thought, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks – daralim Apr 01 '19 at 10:26

How to update 7-Zip on Ubuntu

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