"Archive" has no .zip utility

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Whenever I go to a file and choose “Compress > as zip archive” I get the following error message: “Failed to locate program ‘zip’ in PATH”

What is wrong? I really need to be able to zip up my files because of the work I do (I make 3D models for “SweetHome 3D” and the files must be in .zip format).

This just disappoints me because SuSE 10.0 came with it and I was able to use it with no trouble at all.

I’m using OpenSuSE 11.2 now with KDE 4.3.5 and the Ark tool that was installed is: 2.13

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N/M. I managed to fix this myself. I wish I could delete the post.

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gymnart wrote:

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> Whenever I go to a file and choose “Compress > as zip archive” I get the
> following error message: “Failed to locate program ‘zip’ in PATH”
>
What about

sudo zypper in zip

? It clearly tells you what the problem is, zip is not there, so simply
install it. :wink:

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gymnart wrote:
> Whenever I go to a file and choose “Compress > as zip archive” I get the
> following error message: “Failed to locate program ‘zip’ in PATH”
>
> What is wrong? I really need to be able to zip up my files because of
> the work I do (I make 3D models for “SweetHome 3D” and the files must be
> in .zip format).
>
> This just disappoints me because SuSE 10.0 came with it and I was able
> to use it with no trouble at all.
>
> I’m using OpenSuSE 11.2 now.
>
>

well, when you say “whenever i go to a file and choose ‘Compress’” how
are you going to the file? in what program, what operating system and
what desktop environment?

whatever you are using it seems to be looking for an executable named
zip…are you certain such is installed on your system?

do this in a terminal to see if it, in fact, exist in the path:


which zip

if which does not find a zip in your path, then open YaST, go Software

Software Management, search for zip, left click to mark it for
install, then click Accept…

then try your zip operation again…if it doesn’t work do the
following in a terminal, one line at a time:


which zip
echo $PATH
su -
echo $PATH

and, copy paste the output back to here

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Thanks for your prompt replies guys! You’re the best! :smiley: :slight_smile:

Yes, apparently the zip utility was not installed. I found it and installed it.

Now, do either of you know anything about Kino? If so, reply to this post: Kino - MPEG tab greyed out