• Diff for "Compression"

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• Data compression involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation (reducing size).

This page is about lossless, general purpose file compression tools.

Graphical

The following packages provide graphical interfaces to work with most compressed files:

• file-roller

• xarchiver

• ark

Command line

Many archive file format exist. These command line tools are able to manipulate most file formats:

• atool

• p7zip

• dact

To work with a specific file type/extension:

• .7z (7zip package, manpage)

• .arc

• .arj

• .bz2 (bzip2)

• .cab (Microsoft Cabinet - cabextract package)

• .lha

• .lzh

• .lzo

• .gz (gzip package, manpage)

• .rar (WinRAR - non-free package)

• .tar, .tar.bz2, .tbz, .tar.gz, .tgz (TarBall)

• .xz

• .Z

• .zip

• .zoo

• .rz, .rzip (rzip package, manpage)

See also CategoryFileFormat

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20000925082746/http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/basic/gz.shtml

TODO: merge some pages from CategoryCompression TODO: redirect CategoryCompression here

CategorySoftware CategoryCompression CategoryCommandLineInterface