file-roller
* Create and modify archives. * View the content of an archive. * View a file contained in an archive. * Extract files from the archive.
File-roller supports the following formats: * Tar (.tar) archives, including those compressed with gzip (.tar.gz, .tgz), bzip (.tar.bz, .tbz), bzip2 (.tar.bz2, .tbz2), compress (.tar.Z, .taz), lzip (.tar.lz, .tlz), lzop (.tar.lzo, .tzo), lzma (.tar.lzma) and xz (.tar.xz) * Zip archives (.zip) * Jar archives (.jar, .ear, .war) * 7z archives (.7z) * iso9660 CD images (.iso) * Lha archives (.lzh) * Archiver archives (.ar) * Comic book archives (.cbz) * Single files compressed with gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2), compress (.Z), lzip (.lz), lzop (.lzo), lzma (.lzma) and xz (.xz)
File-roller can extract following formats: * Cabinet archives (.cab) * Debian binary packages (.deb) * Xar archives (.xar)
File-roller doesn't perform archive operations by itself, but relies on standard tools for this.
Latest reviews
I use Linux Mint as my primary OS and use Archive Manager to create password protected files with .7z extension. Up to LM 21.3, Archive Manager has been working great, however, since I installed LM22 few days ago, there seems to be a problem adding files into my archived folders. I get this error - "An error occured while adding files to the archive. Command exited abnormally." To explain this a bit better, I originally had a folder on Linux Mint where I kept numerous text files. I used Archive Manager to archive this folder and created a password protected .7z file. When I open this .7z file, the folder appears within the Archive Manager's window and inside that folder are all my text files. In LM21.3, I could drag new text files from, say, the Desktop successfully into this folder inside Archive Manager window, but if I do the same in LM22, I get the error mentioned above. Perhaps there is a compatibility issue with LM22 and I hope it is resolved soon otherwise I might have to revert back to LM21.3, or try downgrading the Archive Manager version and see if that works. Otherwise a brilliant, simple and very functional application, so 5 stars anyways. I currently have Archive Manager v43 installed on my LM22 machines. My current workaround is using Archive Manager within a LM21.3 VM on VirtualBox but it is inconvenient as I created the VM only for this purpose.
Often having crc errors for large files (500mb or so). But using unrar from the terminal extracts the supposedly bad files (they are not) just fine.
This is how an archive manager should be: intuitive, super simple, versatile, quick. A great work horse. Possibly those doing heaps of compression on a regular basis write their own routines, but this is great for the rest of us. Only gripe is that the name (file-roller) is not the one listed in the mint menu (Archive Manager), but it still appears if you type file-roller.
Great program but like anything it could be better it doesnt open HATHDL files and I know that WINzip and 7-Zip has no problems opening them :(
could a open folder icon add on toolbar, which can help me quickly back to file management
doesn't recognize some charachters, which makes it unable to open certain files
Por ahora, al menos, no hay otra herramienta que otorgue las mismas posibilidades que este programa.
Undoubtedly the best archive manager for Linux. Should be included everywhere by default, not just Gnome.