Package: 7zip (24.08 dfsg-2)

7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The main features of 7-Zip are:

 * High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
 * Supported formats:
     * Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
     * Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT,
         GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2,
         RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
 * For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is
     2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
 * Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
 * Powerful command line version

"7zip" provides:

 * /usr/bin/7z:  Full featured with plugin functionality.
 * /usr/bin/7za: Major formats/features only.
 * /usr/bin/7zr: LZMA (.7z, .lzma, .xz) only. Minimal executable.

Note: The unRAR code was dropped to keep compatible with DFSG.

      Install 7zip-rar package in non-free section to use RAR files.

Tags: Implemented in: C , User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Purpose: Compressing, Supports Format: works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::chm, works-with-format::elf, works-with-format::iso9660, works-with-format::swf, works-with-format::tar, Zip Archives, Works with: Archive

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