Archive Manager (previously File Roller) is the file archiver of the GNOME

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. Archive Manager can: * Create and modify archives * View the content of an archive * View a file contained in the archive * Extract files from the archive

File formats

Supporting the

archive formats In computing, an archive file is a computer file that is composed of one or more files along with metadata. Archive files are used to collect multiple data files together into a single file for easier portability and storage, or simply to compre ...

requires external back-end programs and libraries,http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/features.html File Roller is only a graphical interface to archiving utilities it supports:GNOME GitLab: File "supported-mime-types"
/ref> * 7z *

ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c ...

* ar * alz * apk * arj * bin * br * bz * bz2 * cab * cbz * cbz *

cpio cpio is a general file archiver utility and its associated file format. It is primarily installed on Unix-like computer operating systems. The software utility was originally intended as a tape archiving program as part of the Programmer's Wor ...

* crx * deb (read) * dll *

ear An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of ...

* epub *

exe Exe or EXE may refer to: * .exe, a file extension * exe., abbreviation for executive Places * River Exe, in England * Exe Estuary, in England * Exe Island, in Exeter, England Transportation and vehicles * Exe (locomotive), a British locomotive ...

* gz *

iso ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance * Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007 * Iso ...

(read) *

jar A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic, with a wide mouth or opening that can be closed with a lid, screw cap, lug cap, cork stopper, roll-on cap, crimp-on cap, press-on c ...

* lha * lhz * lrz * lz * lz4 * lzh * lzma * lzo * pkg * rar *

rpm Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or with the notation min−1) is a unit of rotational speed or rotational frequency for rotating machines. Standards ISO 80000-3:2019 defines a unit of rotation as the dimensionl ...

(read) * rzip * snap * sit *

sqsh Sqsh (pronounced {{not a typo, ''skwish''), short for SQSHell (pronounced s-q-shell), is an Free and open-source substitute for isql, the interactive SQL client supplied with Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) relational database managem ...

tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black bi ...

* xar *

xip In computer science, execute in place (XIP) is a method of executing programs directly from long-term storage rather than copying it into RAM. It is an extension of using shared memory to reduce the total amount of memory required. Its general ef ...

* xz * z * zip *

zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoo ...

* zst

Limitations

Archive Manager does not give the advanced options to compress using different levels of compression via

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(High, Normal, Low/Fast, etc). This can be set however using dconf-editor, or the old gconf-editor on GNOME 2.

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Source code
{{GNOME-stub Archive managers that use GTK File archivers Free data compression software Free software programmed in C GNOME Applications Software that uses Meson

File formats

Limitations

See also

References

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