Ubuntu comes with a built-in "Archive Manager" called . Instead of a standalone app, you can simply right-click files in your file explorer (Nautilus) to compress or extract them. To make sure it fully supports the 7z format, you need to install the back-end tools.
sudo apt install file-roller
However, "no official GUI" does not mean "no GUI at all." The Linux ecosystem is built on wrappers and integrations. The backend (the actual compression engine) is 7-Zip, but the frontend (the window you click on) is provided by your desktop environment or third-party tools. 7zip gui ubuntu
*Note: If q7zip is not found in your specific Ubuntu version's repository, you may need to download the source code from GitHub and compile it
Ubuntu’s default archive manager, (also called Archive Manager), can handle .7z files if p7zip-full is installed. It provides a clean GNOME-style GUI. Ubuntu comes with a built-in "Archive Manager" called
Once installed, you do not need to open a terminal to manage archives.
| Feature | File Roller | PeaZip | CLI p7zip | |--------|-------------|--------|------------| | .7z create/extract | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Password protect | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Split archives | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | Solid block control | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | Nautilus integration | ✅ | Partial | ❌ | | Lightweight | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | sudo apt install file-roller However, "no official GUI"
sudo apt update sudo apt install p7zip-full p7zip-rar