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Install p7zip with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, dnf, pacman, zypper, winget

7-Zip (high compression file archiver) implementation. Version 17.06 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-17. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install p7zip.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install p7zip

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install p7zip

MacPorts ports tree · archivers/p7zip/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install p7zip

Debian stable package indexes · p7zip · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#p7zip

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/p7/p7zip/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install 7zip-standalone

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · 7zip-standalone · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S 7zip

Arch Linux sync databases · 7zip · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install 7zip

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · 7zip · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id 7zip.7zr -e

Windows Package Manager source index · 7zip.7zr · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

7-Zip (high compression file archiver) implementation

Commands and aliases

  • 7z
  • 7za
  • 7zr

history

Project history and usage

p7zip is a Unix-oriented implementation of the 7-Zip archiver, offering 7z compression and support for multiple archive formats.

Project history

Joachim Bauch's p7zip project ported Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip command-line code to POSIX systems. Its 7z, 7za, and 7zr commands became familiar Unix archive utilities.

The original p7zip line ended with version 16.02 in 2016. The p7zip-project fork combined that code with work derived from 7-Zip and 7-Zip-zstd, continuing under the p7zip-zstd name to distinguish the derivative.

Adoption history

p7zip became the conventional Unix package for creating and extracting 7z archives and was adopted by major Linux distributions, macOS package systems, and graphical archive front ends.

After the historical upstream stopped at 16.02, downstreams carried patches and community forks emerged. The p7zip-project repository used by this package is a maintained derivative with added codecs and improvements.

How it is used

The 7z command provides the broad, plugin-capable interface; 7za is a standalone build with a built-in format set; 7zr is a reduced variant focused on 7z archives. Common operations add, extract, list, test, and update archive contents.

p7zip has no documented persistent configuration or credential file. Passwords for encrypted archives are supplied per invocation.

Why package nerds care

p7zip brought 7-Zip's high-ratio compression and broad archive support to Unix-like systems long before official contemporary 7-Zip console builds existed for those platforms.

Package maintainers now need to distinguish historical p7zip, maintained derivatives, and Igor Pavlov's official 7-Zip console builds. Their command names, version lines, codecs, and compatibility are related but not interchangeable.

Timeline

  • 2000s: p7zip became the established Unix port of the 7-Zip command-line tools.
  • 2016: The historical p7zip project released version 16.02.
  • 2021: The maintained community line released p7zip 17.04.
  • 2020s: The p7zip-project derivative continued as p7zip-zstd with additional codecs and portability work.

Related projects

  • 7-Zip is Igor Pavlov's original archiver and the upstream source of the core 7z implementation.
  • 7-Zip-zstd supplied additional codec work incorporated by the maintained derivative.
  • XZ Utils, gzip, bzip2, and libarchive are related Unix compression and archive tools.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:archive,compress

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
7zcliglobal executable
7zacliglobal executable
7zrcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19
manager version17.06
manager updated2026-09-17
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv17.06

https://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:p7zip
Version17.06
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/p7zip
Homepagehttps://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip
Repositoryhttps://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip/archive/refs/tags/v17.06.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-17T09:26:20+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namep7zip
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

p7zip 16.02+transitional.1

transitional package

https://7-zip.org/

sudo apt install p7zip
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: p7zip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

p7zip-full 16.02+transitional.1

transitional package

https://7-zip.org/

sudo apt install p7zip-full
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: p7zip
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: p7zip-full from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

p7zip

nix profile install nixpkgs#p7zip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/p7/p7zip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

p7zip 16.02+transitional.1

transitional package

https://7-zip.org/

sudo apt install p7zip
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: p7zip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

p7zip-full 16.02+transitional.1

transitional package

https://7-zip.org/

sudo apt install p7zip-full
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: p7zip
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: p7zip-full from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

7zip-standalone 26.02-2.fc45

Standalone version of 7-Zip console that supports only some formats

https://7-zip.org

sudo dnf install 7zip-standalone
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: 7zip
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: 7zip-standalone from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

7zip 26.02-1

File archiver for extremely high compression

https://www.7-zip.org

sudo pacman -S 7zip
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-UnRAR AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: 7zip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

7zip 26.02-2.1

Command-line file archiver with high compression ratio

https://www.7-zip.org/

sudo zypper install 7zip
  • License: BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-SUSE-Public-Domain
  • Category: Productivity/Archiving/Compression
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: 7zip
  • 4 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: 7zip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

p7zip

sudo port install p7zip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: P7zip
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: archivers/p7zip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget92%

7zip.7zr

winget install --id 7zip.7zr -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: 7zr
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: 7zip.7zr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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