Archivers:
Overview
These tools can be used to backup and compress / uncompress data. This is useful for users who have lots of historical data which needs to be preserved, those who wish to get more from the filesystem quotas, and people who plan to use them with their web sites. These tools are also invaluable when the necessary software needed to compress / uncompress data isn't already on a local machine and / or possible to install it quickly.
Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data
- 9e
Explode Plan9 archives
- afio
cpio-format archive creator with data corruption handling
- arc
Create & extract files from DOS .ARC files
- arj
Open-source ARJ
- bicom
Data compressor in the PPM family
- bunzip
Decompressor for bzip .bz files
- bzip2
Block-sorting file compressor
- cabextract
Microsoft cabinet (.CAB) file extractor
- dact
Dynamic adaptive compression tool
- dar
Disk archiver
- fastjar
C language version of the 'jar' archiver normally used by Java
- freeze
FREEZE / MELT compression program - often used in QNX
- gcpio
GNU copy-in/out (cpio) with remote magnetic tape (rmt) support
- gsharutils
Allow packing and unpacking of shell archives
- gtar
The "meta-package" for the GNU tape archiver (tar)
- gtar-base
The GNU tape archiver with remote magnetic tape support
- gtar-info
Info format documentation for the GNU tape archiver
- gzip
The "meta-package" for the GZIP compression utility
- gzip-base
Compress or expand files
- gzip-info
Info format documentation for the GZIP utility
- ha
The HA archiver using the HSC compression method
- hpack
Multi-System Archiver with open keys PGP-based security
- jamjar
Acunia version of the jar archiver
- lbrate
Extract/decompress CP/M LBR archives
- lha
Archive files using LZW compression (.lzh files)
- libcomprex
Library to handle (de)compression of files
- liblzo
Portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C
- lzop
Fast file compressor similar to gzip, using the LZO library
- macutil
Create & extract Mac archive files
- makeself
Neat script to make self-extracting archives
- mousetar
der Mouse's version of tar program
- mscompress
Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor
- nomarch
Free replacement for the arc program
- nulib2
Handles Apple II ShrinkIt (NuFX) file/disk archives
- p5-Archive-Tar
Perl5 module interface to manipulate tar files
- p5-Archive-Zip
Perl5 module interface to manipulate zip files
- p5-Compress-Bzip2
- par2
Create or use PAR2 parity volumes
- pax
POSIX standard archiver with many extensions
- php-bz2
- php-zip
PHP4 extension for ZIP archive handling
- php-zlib
PHP4 extension for zlib compression
- ppmd
PPM file compressor
- ppunpack
Decompresses Amiga PowerPacker files
- spusq
Compressor/decompressor for CP/M Squeeze compressed files
- star
The fastest tar like archiver for UNIX
- szip
Extended-Rice lossless compression
- unace
Extract, list and test files in ACE archives
- unarj
Allows files to be extracted from ARJ archives
- undms
Converts .dms Amiga disk images to uncompressed .adf images
- unlzx
Extracts .lzx archives from Amiga systems
- unrar
Extract, view & test RAR archives
- unzip
List, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
- unzoo
Extract zoo archives
- upx
Ultimate packer for executables
- xbin
Convert mailable BinHex format into binary
- xmill
Specialized compressor for XML
- xpk
The eXternal PacKer (XPK) library system
- zip
Create/update ZIP files compatible with pkzip
- zip1
Create/update ZIP files compatible with pkzip version 1
- zoo
Manipulate archives of files in compressed form
- zziplib
Library for ZIP archive handling
