How to Install and Uninstall p7zip Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "p7zip" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install p7zip on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                p7zip
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "p7zip" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall p7zip on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the p7zip package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package p7zip:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : p7zip
Version : 16.02-150200.14.9.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : SUSE LLC
Installed Size : 1.0 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : p7zip-16.02-150200.14.9.2.src
Upstream URL : http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/
Summary : 7-zip file compression program
Description :
p7zip is a quick port of 7z.exe and 7za.exe (command line version of
7zip, see www.7-zip.org) for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with
highest compression ratio. Since 4.10, p7zip (like 7-zip) supports
little-endian and big-endian machines.
This package provides:
* /usr/bin/7zr - a light stand-alone executable that supports only 7z/LZMA/BCJ/BCJ2 archives
* /usr/bin/p7zip - a gzip-like wrapper around 7zr