Ubuntu – Is this zip file unable to open

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I'm trying to unzip a zip file which contains a video… right away it says:

7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 p7zip
Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,2 CPUs)

Error: /home/cyberproxy/Downloads/Floating1a.zip: Can not open file as
archive

Errors: 1

Unzips on my Android, unzips on my Windows desktop, unzips on my mother's iOS device with unzipper app.

What can I do to fix this?

Best Answer

Try downloading p7zip-full from the standard repository.

"p7zip-full provides utilities to pack and unpack 7z archives within a shell or using a GUI (such as Ark, File Roller or Nautilus)."

EDIT: It seems that newer versions of File Roller can open 7Z files automatically, according to the installation notes.

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