To save space on the hard disk, use a packer that compresses files and
directories to a fraction of their original size. The application Ark can
be used to manage such archives. It supports common formats, such as
zip
, tar.gz
,
tar.bz2
, lha
,
rar
and LZMA/XZ
.
Start Ark from the main menu or from the command line with ark.
Once you have opened an archive, perform various actions.
offers options such as , , , , , , and .Procedure 2.5. Creating an Archive
To create a new archive, select
+ .Enter the name of the new archive in the dialog that opens, and specify the format using
.After confirming with Enter, the Ark window shows an empty archive.
or by pressingTo fill the archive, drag and drop files and directories from the file manager into this window or click
or to add the objects you want to add to the archive.To remove a file from the archive, select the file and click
.If all files to be archived are displayed in the window, just close Ark. Ark automatically compresses everything into the previously selected archive format and saves the archive.
Procedure 2.6. Viewing and Extracting Archives
To view the contents of an archive, start Ark and select
+ to open the file. Conversely, just drag the archive from an open file manager window to the Ark window.To see a preview of individual files, select a file and click
.To extract all files from the archive, click
.If you want to extract individual files from the archive only, select one or more files (by keeping the Ctrl key pressed) and click . In the following dialog, you can still decide to save or the .
Enter the path to the
, select if to and click to extract the files.