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Ark

Ark is a program for viewing, extracting, creating and modifying archives. Ark can handle various archive formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7zip, xz, rpm, cab and deb (support for certain archive formats depend on the appropriate command-line programs being installed).

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • KDE Plasma
  • Flathub
  • Snapcraft
  • Windows
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3comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  File Archiving
  3.  QT Based
  4.  File Compression
  5.  AES Encryption

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  • kwjedba and namdx1987 liked Ark
  • MacPacker icon
    POX added Ark as alternative to MacPacker
  • braky updated Ark
  • 7-Zip icon
    sunsetsoda added Ark as alternative to 7-Zip
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Top Positive Comment
Safirur Rashid
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Has a useful GUI.

Top Negative Comment
Third Opinion
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It's nice that it is standard with KDE...

...however: It hardly ever works - I think on half my KDE installs it either did not work at all or only permitted the standard compress from within dolphin.

At first I kept blaming KDE and Dolphin but it turns out that Ark itself is to be blamed as it accepts file but not directories.

So, what's use of such packer? None :(

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This is really the best 7Zip Alternative for Linux with a easy to use GUI.

I love 7Zip for Windows NT, XP and 7. But in Linux there is Ark, also there are a lot of other things, just they cant reach the level of Ark.

Yrdael

Hello, Did you try PeaZip ? What do you think of it ? ~

Translator5

I've no experience with PeaZip. But i just installed it on my Min 17.3, here is my first opinion:

  • Very nice look, top designed!
  • Top for so much translations!
  • The pre-configured directories aren't located to linux mint. (you can handle it yourself, so nothing dramatical)
  • Drag and Drop do not work :'/ or I just didn't get it to work. All-In-One: It's good for user which had , if you are a noob without Drag and Drop files, it isn't for you.

But you have to recognize I don't use it main.

Yrdael

Ho, I never used a drag and drop Zip software, might look at it sometime. I use PeaZip everyday, love it. Thank you for your review. ^^

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What is Ark?

Ark is a program for viewing, extracting, creating and modifying archives. Ark can handle various archive formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7zip, xz, rpm, cab and deb (support for certain archive formats depend on the appropriate command-line programs being installed).

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Ark information

  • Developed by

    DE flagKDE

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    39 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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