Zip is a command-line utility tool used for compressing files and folders. Compression of files & folders enables faster and more efficient transfer, storage, and emailing of files and folders. On the other hand, unzip is a utility tool that helps you decompress files and folders.
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Benefits of zipping files:
In this topic, we focus on how you can install the zip and unzip utilities on various Linux distributions.
Let’s now see how you can install these useful command-line utilities.
For Debian-based distributions, install the zip utility by running the command.
After installation, you can confirm the version of zip installed using the command.
For the unzip utility, execute a similar command as shown.
Again, just like zip, you can confirm the version of the unzip utility installed by running.
Just like on Debian distributions, installing zip and unzip utilities on Redhat distros is quite simple.
To install zip, simply execute:
For the unzip utility, install it by running:
For Arch-based distros, run:
For the unzip utility,
On OpenSUSE, run the command below to install zip.
And to install unzip, execute.
For more information, read our article that shows how to create and extract a zip files in Linux.
For newer versions of Linux distros such as Ubuntu 20.04 and CentOS 8, the zip and unzip utilities already come pre-installed and you are good to go.
We covered how to install zip and unzip command-line tools on various Linux distributions and the benefits that come with compressing files.