On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Daniel Mons<[email protected]> wrote: > Geoffrey Combes wrote: >> I presume that there are commands for compressing (zipping) files >> individually. >> However is there a Linux software package like Winzip for use with Ubuntu? >> Geoffrey Combes > > "File Roller" is built into GNOME (the default desktop with Ubuntu). > > http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html > > You can simply right-click on selected files to add them to an archive. > Likewise double-clicking on an existing archive will open it up and > allow you to decompress the contents. > > If you need support for other compression types, install the following > packages via your package manager: > > unrar (RAR support) > p7zip (7-Zip support) > zip, unzip (PKZip format) > > Once they're installed, File Roller will pick them up as valid > (de)compression options. > > -Dan
Dan is right, Archive Manager I refered to in my email is just the 'friendly' menu name for file-roller. We are refering to the same thing. - Karl -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
