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File Roller is an archive manager

File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment.

With File Roller you can:

Create and modify archives.
View the content of an archive.
View a file contained in the archive.
Extract files from the archive.

File Roller is only a graphical interface to archiving utilities such as tar and zip

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7z command line with highest encryption: AES-256 + Encrypting the Filenames

I had a question. Im trying to backup and encrypt files, but using the more recent aes256 or aes512 encryption. 1) I heard 7z defaults to aes128, I want to use the best one (aes256... i think?), how do i do it? Here is my command: cd…
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Missing nemo right-click "extract/compress files"

recently I installed nemo as default filemanager replacing the nautilus. So far it work perfectly except the fact that I missed the "right click extract/compress". I've installed nemo 2.2.2 and nemo-fileroller through apt-get command on Ubuntu…
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Command line archive manager / extracter

I keep forgetting all the corresponding extract commands for every compression format. So I was thinking about writing a script that merely maps file extensions to the appropriate extract command. But I guess something like this already exists, I…
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How to set 7z compression level using GUI in Ubuntu?

Archive Manager, or file-roller, doesn't seem to have the option to set the compression level for 7z files. However, the windows client 7-zip has an option to do so using GUI - On Ubuntu/Linux, one can set the compression level in the command…
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Recover archive manager's "lost" columns?

Opening an archive, I double-clicked on the "Name" column to expand it since the file names were long, but that made the column disappear. I tried right clicking and looked for any options and searched the web but I can't seem to be able to find a…
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How to open an APK file in Ubuntu 18.04?

I'm trying to inspect an APK of an Android app I'm developing. I was able to open and decompress APK files using the Archive Manager application (file-roller, the standard app for compressed files), but I don't know if it's because of the latest…
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How to make Files use file-roller again?

How can I get more options (in addition to zip, tar.xz and 7z) and the option to add password when making archive files in file-roller in Gnome 3.22? Thanks! Screen-shot of new create archive in Files (nautilus) 3.26.0 Archive Manager…
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How to disable "Extraction completed successfully" dialog in Nautilus?

In Ubuntu 16.10, every time I extract a file, Nautilus displays the dialog "Extraction completed successfully". How can I make Nautilus finish extraction silently (like it did in 16.04)?
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Extract here option and Source code for Thunar File manager

Please anyone can paste me the source code for Extract Here option in Thunar File Manager. Any type of script i.e Python OR Shell Script OR PHP is OK. Please help me
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Missing GUI application for 7-Zip?

I installed 7-Zip from Software Center, but where is the GUI application? Original question asked by a user: ich habe 7Zip aus dem Softwarecentrum installiert, finde aber kein Symbol zum öffnen des Programmes. Kann hier jemand helfen?
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How to make nautilus use file-roller in 17.10 like in 17.04?

In Ubuntu 17.10 ubuntu upgraded Nautilus (File Browser) to version 3.26.0. New nautilus is not using file-roller anymore, it has switched to an integrated compression mechanism. This makes it complicated to create encrypted archives and/or…
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Is there an 'Extract to...' context menu option for the Archive Manager application in Nautilus?

I was wondering if there was an easy way to add an 'Extract to...' option in the context menu for the Archive Manager in Nautilus? 'Extract here' is fine a lot of the time but I'm often working with a lot of archives whose content is just 'loose'…
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How can I reinstate file roller/ archive manager to work with Nautilus, in Ubuntu 18.04?

In Ubuntu 16.04 I could compress a file or folder by right clicking on it and the File Roller/Archive Manager window would pop up allowing me to set a password or split the archive into volumes. In Ubuntu 18.04 this functionality is gone and is…
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Convert from one archive type to another using CLI

If a particular archive type has to be converted into another format (eg - tar.gz to zip), then one can open the archive using file-roller and go to - Archive -> Save As -> (select the extension) -> Save Also, in this method, Other Options can be…
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.srt text files that are in greek are not displayed properly

I'm running ubuntu 16.04 and when I download subtitles for movies, extract the zip file end then attempt to open the .srt file with gedit I see just gibberish of this form: 1 00:04:17,052 --> 00:04:18,963 ÊáëÞ ãç. 2 00:04:19,452 --> 00:04:20,851…
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