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How do you create a .zip file?

Asked by Sidarth Dasari

Hi, I need to compress a bunch of files to send to my friend on a windows machine. For the sake of simplicity (on his end) how do you compress to a .zip file?

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Ali KIBICI (alinux-the-master) said : 		#1

right click on the folder which you want to compress, select "create archive" from the menu. A window will popup. write the file name and select the extension as zip

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#2

Ahh sorry I didnt specify earlier, but I am using kubuntu. I dont have that option. It only compresses to .tars

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Try to install http://pagesperso-orange.fr/coquelle/karchiver/

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install karchiver

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

HTH

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#4

Thanks Ill try this out

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#5

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.