Questions tagged [zip]

Questions about manipulating .zip files or zip archiving utilities.

  1. A .zip file format,

  2. A tool to create a compressed archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using an archiver. Its use is spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.

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Finding all .ODTs, zipping them and bringing them to the desktop

I want to find all the .ODTs in my $HOME directory, zip them and bring the zip file to the desktop. By doing find -type f -iname "*.odt" , I get: ./Programmierung/Hash bang.odt ./Schreibtisch/Alles/Tuberkulose/ Plan_tuberculose.odt…
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Need help with: "file type Gzip archive is not supported"

I’ve downloaded the Ltc core wallet on Ubuntu 16.04, 32bit. When I try opening the folder, a message tells me ‘file type Gzip archive is not supported’. So I downloaded Xarchiver and tried again, with the same result. Thoughts, anybody? And yes: I’m…
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Is there a way to hide files after compressed?

I've been trying to encrypt some data with 7za (don't even know if it's secure enough) but, even after encryption and compressing, it would be possible to check which files my compressed file contains. Is there a way to hide it?
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How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)?

How to run WinRAR on Ubuntu (the original Windows WinRAR, not UnRAR)? Can you do it with Wine somehow? I think I tried that with 14.04 but failed, maybe it's possible with 16.04 or should be possible in 18.04? I desire to work with WinRAR regularly,…
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unzipping a folder throws error: End-of-central-directory signature not found

$ unzip ABC.zip Archive: ABC.zip End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the…
Garima Gupta
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Trying to unzip a locked folder

I recently downloaded a .zip archive, and i want to unzip it, so that I can run the application inside, but when I try to, it asks for a password. I am the root on my laptop, so I put in my own password, but it said that the password was wrong.…
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how do i open up a zipfile of a subtitle and embed it onto a video?

would someone please give me explicit step by step instructions how to install an external subtitle onto a foreign video that i will play on SMPlayer. i know how to download the zip file from google and once the text version of the file is in my…
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Can't install new program from zip file

I'm new to ubuntu. When I install some new program from a zip file, I get this message and can't install it. Zipfile is disk 26970 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 16752). Can…
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RhythmBox only plays downloaded music when the Archive Manager is open

Ubuntu 12.04. I have downloaded some music (They're in a ZIP format, by the way), and they play fine, and the NotifyOSD comes up, as usual. But when I play the music, the Archive Manager HAS to stay open, because when I quit the Manager, the music…
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Check zip files integrity on disk

I need to check the downloaded zip files integrity. I can use separately: find . -name '*.zip' and less file.zip But how can i combine these two: find . -name '*.zip' | less This does not list if the founded zip file is correct or not Or is there…
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want to zip folder and want unzip without parent directory not happend in ubunto

i have folder and file like this x (folder) x has 2 files a.py and y.py now i am creating a zip with this command cd /home/x/ ls a.py and y.py sudo zip -r ./zi.zip . it create a zip zi.zip when i extract this then it give a folder "zi" and in this…
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I downloaded balenaEtcher-linux-x64-2.1.4.zip

I have noted other questions like this one but have another question. I downloaded balenaEtcher-linux-x64-2.1.4.zip as I was told and the opened it. My problem is that I do not know if its a snap or other program so I also have no idea what to do…
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Can't extract zip file Ubuntu 18.04

For example,I created a simple zip file (inside I have the sentence: hello world!) in desktop. I want to unzip it, but nothing happens. I also installed (zip unzip) with this command: sudo apt install zip unzip , but it says that I have already have…
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Extracting a strange .zip

I just downloaded the Raspberry Pi (rate) image from the PirateBox webpage. I received a zip file containing only one file, called raw_arch_image (no extension). The zip itself is called ArchLinuxARMv6-2015-06_PirateBox1.0.2_rpi_1.0.5.img.zip There…
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