How to extract a .zip file in Unity?

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Simple question: how do you unzip or extract .zip archives/files in Ubuntu 12.04 Unity?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '15 at 23:00

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All you need to do is to simply click it with right mouse button and choose "Extract here".

answered Apr 18 '15 at 23:00

Jacajack

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It doesn't give me that option – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:03
Could you post a screenshot please? – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:04
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It would be much better if you could add screenshots of the steps.. – heemayl Apr 18 '15 at 23:04
@It's Willem Maybe it's because you have Ubuntu 12.04. Newest version is 14.04. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:04
You could quite easily update for free – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:04
@heemayl My system language is not english, so I don't think they could help anybody. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:05
Version 14.04 is free too and it is LTS version as well, Here is the link. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:05
I'm running Ubuntu through Crouton on a Chromebook so upgrading the release would break it. I would install it if I could. Also It won't let me take screenshots so I I can't post one. When I right-click the .zip file there is no option saying extract here or extract to. Maybe it's because I'm using thunar instead of the default? – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:09
I can confirm now that Thunar is not the problem. – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:11
@It's Willem Can you try from nautilus then? – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:12
I did it does not work there either – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:12
@It'sWillem Weird... Eventually, you can extract zip files from terminal. There must be some way to get those options into you file manager. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:14
@Jacajack What is the command to extract zips? – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:15
I have the links in my answer – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:16
@It'sWillem You can use unzip yourfile.zip -d destination_directory, but first you may need to install it by sudo apt-get install unzip. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:17
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I worked! Only downside is that when I use the command without specifying a directory to place the new folder in using -d it will extract into my home folder instead of into the folder that the .zip file I extrated was already in. Thanks! – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:22
@It'sWillem I think you can use $(pwd) istead of full path, it'll replace it with your current path, so remember to be in destination folder when running this command. – Jacajack Apr 18 '15 at 23:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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You can just right click and press "Extract Here" to your desired location. Hope this helps!

UPDATE: This could help. Upvote if it helps please.

How to extract zip file to specific folder

OR

How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Apr 18 '15 at 23:02

Apad121

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It won't let me do that – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:03
It would be much better if you could add screenshots of the steps.. – heemayl Apr 18 '15 at 23:03
I currently don't have Ubuntu installed – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:07
@Apad121 So what? – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:15
So I can't exactly post screen shots easily – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:17
@It's Willem does my post help? – Apad121 Apr 18 '15 at 23:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '15 at 23:05

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In Unity, you can right click on the .zip file you want to open. Then select either:

A) "Open with Archive Manager" (the default action, and allows you to extract the files wherever you want them -- drag and drop), or

B) toward the bottom of the menu, select "Extract Here."

If you select Extract Here, the contents will appear in a new folder, but in the same folder where the .zip file is located.

Hope that helps.

answered Apr 18 '15 at 23:05

LJH_GeekProf

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It would be much better if you could add screenshots of the steps.. – heemayl Apr 18 '15 at 23:06
I don't have ether of those options – It's Willem Apr 18 '15 at 23:10

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 17 '16 at 13:03

First open terminal and install the unzip by using:

sudo apt-get install unzip

now navigate to the folder where the file is and open a terminal there by doing this in the terminal:

cd /home/user_name/path_to_file/ orcd ~/path_to_file
run ls to make sure your in the right folder and if you are your will see the file listed

Then type the following in the terminal

unzip name_of_file.zip

See man unzip for more information

How to extract a .zip file in Unity?

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