How do you unzip a 7zip file

[theremper]

I know this is a silly question but how do you unzip a 7zip file using a GUI method. I am using the plasma desktop

[codic12]

Install the Ark unarchiver, if it isn’t already installed:

sudo pacman -S ark --needed

then right click on a .zip file, or any supported archive, and use the extract menu (which will give you options such as extract here).

or just use unzip file.zip from the command line

[theremper]

Wow thanks that was quick I miss typed my question was supposed to be 7-zip
will this work with that as well

[codic12]

Haha, I just popped onto the forums and saw a new post
You need to then add the p7zip package as well, which is an implementation of 7Zip that runs on gnu/linux:

sudo pacman -S ark p7zip --needed

[theremper]

Thanks you were a great help

[anon92247698]

Strange, I have never installed anything extra. With both KDE and Xfce it always works out of the box via the context menu.

[Ben]

Me too, the old days on Mint I installed Peazip and got a GUI, but now I don’t bother - just right click extract from Dolphin. I guess his was a very minimal install…