How to Install p7zip software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install p7zip software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

p7zip software package provides 7z file archiver with high compression ratio, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install p7zip 

p7zip is installed in your system.

Make ensure the p7zip package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep p7zip *

You will get with p7zip package name, version, architecture and description in a table

p7zip package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package p7zip
Version 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4+deb7u2build0.1
Description 7z file archiver with high compression ratio
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove p7zip software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?