file-roller - no zip?

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#1

hi all,
i want to compress several pdfs to zip by selecting them → right mouse click → create archive → … well here i expected to have zip archive option alongside of tar, tar.bz2, tar.gz, but there is NO zip archive option :.
how can i add this option?

#2

Solved.
All i had to do is realize that file-roller is front end to various compression programs - hence installing zip, rar programs ads these extensions into file-roller drop-down menu.

#3

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  • From the right-click option I don’t think there is any .zip option (at
    least not in SLED 10 for sure) but if you open ‘file-roller’ manually
    and create a ‘New’ archive from there you can specify the type.

Good luck.

nikotron wrote:
> hi all,
> i want to compress several pdfs to zip by selecting them → right mouse
> click → create archive → … well here i expected to have zip archive
> option alongside of tar, tar.bz2, tar.gz, but there is NO zip archive
> option :.
> how can i add this option?
>
>
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#4

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#5

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Good to hear. Thank-you for posting back your findings.

Good luck.

nikotron wrote:
> Solved.
> All i had to do is realize that file-roller is front end to various
> compression programs - hence installing zip, rar programs ads these
> extensions into file-roller drop-down menu.
>
>
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