Archiver/extracting similar to winrar?

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Basically, I have been looking for an archiver/extracter/whatever you call it that is as good as winrar. Multiple part support, password support, GUI interface, easy to navigate, and basically everything that makes Winrar so awesome. I know Winrar makes a command line tool for Linux, bug I am looking for a GUI thing. When I tried to install Winrar on PlayOnLinux, that didn't work either, I got an error when installing. So does anyone have an archiving tool for Linux that does everything Winrar does? (Note, the built in one does not have password support)

Which archiving tool is "the built in one"? I assume you mean file-roller, but it does have password support. — Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica, Mar 01 '17 at 05:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '17 at 13:37

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If you have PlayOnLinux and Wine, I would suggest you to use the excellent Bandizip archive manager : http://www.bandisoft.com/bandizip/ It is a free (but not open source software) but it is the only solution I've found to open "rar" files on my Ubuntu.

answered Mar 01 '17 at 13:37

Pierre HUBERT

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Well, I used ended up using 7zip on PlayOnLinux and it worked perfectly :). I like 7zip because it is pretty close to WinRAR, my favorite archiving program on windows, and since i could not get winrar working on PlayOnLinux, 7zip ended up working just fine :) – MTMaster Mar 01 '17 at 21:28
That's right, 7zip is a great software too... – Pierre HUBERT Mar 03 '17 at 08:38

MTMaster · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-01T03:02:06.523

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Well, I have not found a program that runs natively on linux, but luckily I was able to get 7-zip installed via PlayOnLinux, and I now have a good archive manager! Not very fast, could have something to with wine/playonlinux, but the convenience is worth it.

edited Mar 01 '17 at 03:02

answered Mar 01 '17 at 02:46

MTMaster

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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I would suggest checking out free 7-zip. It has got a GUI and as far as I know it supports all the features you ask for including *.rar files.

You can install it from command line using sudo apt-get install p7zip-full as per this answer.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Mar 01 '17 at 00:35

Roberts Gotlaufs

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Well, that program does not have a GUI. I did check this program earlier on, but even on the website you liked, it said this: "p7zip is the command line version of 7-Zip for Linux / Unix, made by an independent developer." Also, when I tried this to extract a multi part rar, it gave the following message: "/usr/bin/p7zip: Downloads/FCRedmdt.part1.rar: unknown suffix -- ignored" So it seems like it does not support multi part rar either... – MTMaster Mar 01 '17 at 02:08

Archiver/extracting similar to winrar?

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