File Roller (formerly GNOME Archive Manager) is a file archiver for the GNOME desktop environment.[4]

File Roller
Developer(s)Paolo Bacchilega
Initial releaseMay 12, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-05-12)[1][2]
Stable release
44.3[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 May 2024; 6 months ago (19 May 2024)
Preview release
n/a
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeFile archiver
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitewiki.gnome.org/Apps/FileRoller

File Roller can:[5]

  • Create and modify archives
  • View the content of an archive
  • View a file contained in the archive
  • Extract files from the archive

File formats

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Supporting the archive formats requires external back-end programs and libraries,[6] it supports:[7]

Limitations

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File Roller does not give the advanced options to compress using different levels of compression via GUI (High, Normal, Low/Fast, etc.). This can be set however using dconf-editor, or the old gconf-editor on GNOME 2.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "File Roller (Old news)". Archived from the original on 2002-12-11. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  2. ^ "Initial revision (3d7d6e3c) · Commits · GNOME / File Roller · GitLab".
  3. ^ "44.3 · Tags · GNOME / File Roller". 19 May 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ "File Roller makes archiving easy" Techrepublic. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ^ "3.4.1. Using File Roller" Centos.org. Retrieved 25 November 2013
  6. ^ "File Roller". fileroller.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  7. ^ "data/supported-mime-types · master · GNOME / File Roller · GitLab". GitLab. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
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