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2. Alien (file converter) - Wikipedia

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   Alien supports conversion between Linux Standard Base (LSB), LSB-compliant .rpm packages, [2].deb, Stampede (.slp), Solaris (.pkg) and Slackware (.tgz, .txz, .tbz, .tlz) [3] packages. It is also capable of automatically installing the generated packages, and can try to convert the installation scripts included in the archive as well.

3. PeaZip - Wikipedia

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   PeaZip is available for IA-32 and x86-64 as a standalone portable application and as an installable package for Microsoft Windows, Linux [15] [16] (DEB, RPM and TGZ, compiled both for GTK2 and Qt widgetset), and BSD (GTK2).

4. tar (computing) - Wikipedia

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   In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file, often referred to as a tarball, for distribution or backup purposes. The name is derived from "tape archive", as it was originally developed to write data to sequential I/O devices with no file system of their own, such as devices that use magnetic tape.

5. Executable compression - Wikipedia

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   Executable compression used to be more popular when computers were limited to the storage capacity of floppy disks, which were both slow and low capacity media, and small hard drives; it allowed the computer to store more software in the same amount of space, without the inconvenience of having to manually unpack an archive file every time the ...

6. gzip - Wikipedia

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   gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression.The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and intended for use by GNU (from which the "g" of gzip is derived).

7. 7-Zip - Wikipedia

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   7-Zip comes with a file manager along with the standard archiver tools. The file manager has a toolbar with options to create an archive, extract an archive, test an archive to detect errors, copy, move, and delete files, and open a file properties menu exclusive to 7-Zip.

8. List of archive formats - Wikipedia

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   Windows, Linux: Windows, Linux: Yes Open source file format developed by Bulat Ziganshin. A "FreeArc Next" version is under development which includes Zstandard support. .arj application/x-arj ARJ: Originally DOS, now multiple Multiple Yes Competitor to PKZIP in the 1990s, offered better multi-part archive handling. .b1 application/x-b1 B1 ...

9. Package manager - Wikipedia

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   Working with file archivers to extract package archives; Ensuring the integrity and authenticity of the package by verifying their checksums and digital certificates, respectively; Looking up, downloading, installing, or updating existing software from a software repository or app store; Grouping packages by function to reduce user confusion