18.04nautiluspasswordzip
When creating a zip file with password protection in Ubuntu 16.04, using the Nautilus context menu, I was asked for zip options like password protection.
Under Ubuntu 18.04 there seems to be no way to select any zip options. Therefore it is not possible to create a zip file with password protection using the Nautilus context menu.
Workarround: creating the zip file with shell command
zip -P pass123 zipfile.zip folder2zip/
Any ideas to create the password protected zip-file from Nautilus?
According to this thread you can use 7z for this. First install p7zip-full package with:
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
Then either use the GUI or extract the archive with this command:
7z e /path/to/file
or
7z x /path/to/file
(second one preserves directory structure).
Well, I filled a bug report on bugzilla.gnome.org and I feel stupid now... This feature still exists.
The solution is to create a blank file named for instance new inside the ~/Templates/ folder of your home directory.
→ On non-English installations, the templates directory might have another name. One can find the actual directory with
xdg-user-dir TEMPLATES.
If you're still facing the problem, Check the file in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs if XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR variable is set correctly. If it is set to $HOME/ instead of $HOME/Templates/, correct and save that file.
Best Answer
To create an encrypted zip file in Ubuntu 18.04, open up "Archive Manager" (
file-roller), click on the top menu (labelled "Archive Manager"), and select "New Archive". Designate the name and destination for your new archive, and change to extension to.zip. Under the "Other Options" sub-menu, create a password, thereby encrypting the archive. Click "Create", then drag or select the specified files into place, and you're done.