7Zip – high compression ratio file archiver:

• Website: http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/
• License: LGPL
• Group: Applications/Archiving

p7zip RPM packages for Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/p7zip/
Very high compression ratio file archiver. p7zip is a port of 7za.exe for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with a very high compression ratio.

Your 7-Zip download

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/7-Zip/
Sourceforge / OpenSource Download Center - 7-Zip download direct link and mirrors.

7-Zip Command-Line Examples

http://dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples
You have 7za.exe and you want to compress, extract, and update files. The 7-Zip compression utility provides superior compression and is open-source, making it easy to obtain and use. Review this document for ways to use 7-Zip on the Windows console. There are three general parts to the article: tasks, information, and questions. The most common tasks are listed first.

installing 7zip ( forum )

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/installing-7zip-729791/
LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community … install 7zip and I got the source file so I extract and run make ok everything seem ok

Technical Support for 7-Zip

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/forums/forum/45797
7-Zip’s Forum at Source Forge – 7-Zip forums for all common questions; you can get answers on the forums from 7-Zip developers and from other 7-Zip users.

7ZIP manual & documentation

http://www.bugaco.com/7zip/MANUAL/
LZMA is default and general compression method of 7z format in 7-Zip compression program (www.7-zip.org). LZMA provides high  compression ratio and very fast decompression. Manual and documentation !

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For linux install you can try yum, apt-get, zypper ar other linux software/package manager software:

• sudo apt-get install p7zip
• sudo yum install p7zip

Here I will show the example 7-Zip compression commands:

• 7za a -v1g -t7z public-photo.7z public-photo.net/ -mx0

7-Zip Command-Line Description:

• a  ( add archive )
• -v1g ( multi-archive / 1 Gbyte per volume )
• -mx0 ( zero compression / store – fastest add )
• -t7z ( 7z format )
• public-photo.7z ( archive base name: public-photo.7z.001 …abc )
• public-photo.net/ ( folder to compress )