File Roller

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File Roller
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Developer: GNOME Developers
Latest release: 2.16.2 / 20 November 2006
Preview release: 2.17.3 / 4 December 2006
OS: Linux, Solaris, BSD, other Unix-like
Use: File archiver
License: GPL
Website: http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/

File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME desktop environment.

[edit] Features

File Roller 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.

[edit] File Formats

File Roller supports the following file formats: (Note: Backend programs are needed. File Roller is only a frontend)

  • 7z (.7z)
  • gzip (.tar.gz , .tgz)
  • bzip (.tar.bz , .tbz)
  • bzip2 (.tar.bz2 , .tbz2)
  • compress (.tar.Z , .taz)
  • LZO (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
  • ZIP archives (.zip)
  • JAR archives (.jar , .ear , .war)
  • LHA archives (.lzh)
  • RAR archives (.rar)
  • Single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, LZO
  • ISO images (.iso) (read-only)
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