How do I open .7z files in Tiger?

Uduckhead · #1 July 12th, 2005, 05:24 PM

Hi everyone,

I recently downloaded something that was compressed in the .7z format. I searched on the web for a while, and found a program called 7za that is supposed to allow Mac OS X users to decompress .7z's. However, after installing it I found that it required me to input some strange commands in the Terminal, and not being too experienced with the Terminal I was not entirely sure what to do. I was also worried that the commands might screw up my computer. Is there any other means for decompressing these files? Here is the website with the program if anyone would be kind enough to give me a walkthrough if this is the only way to do it:

File - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27156

**Giaguara** · #2 July 12th, 2005, 06:56 PM

that program is indeed the only one i can find for os x with a quick search...

what file is it? the .7z filetype was created by http://www.7-zip.org/ ... and i don't think that's a very common zipping protocol for os x files. (or so far, have not seen any os x files in the past .. never).

Uduckhead · #3 July 12th, 2005, 08:15 PM

It's not an OS X file, just something I'm trying to decompress and burn.

Are you at all familiar with the steps I must take in the Terminal? The author's website has some steps I must take first, but they are not very clear.

Uduckhead · #4 July 12th, 2005, 08:17 PM

Here are the steps I have to take, although I'm not really sure what I am supposed to do. I think he wrote this for people familiar with Terminal use.

http://www.kyngchaos.com/macosx/shell.php

Uduckhead · #5 July 13th, 2005, 01:53 PM

Bump

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aquamacus · #6 July 13th, 2005, 05:55 PM

Those commands make it so you can just run it without having to put the full path of the unstuffing program when you want to run it. It doesn't do anything unusual to your machine, but make it easier to run those commands. Just type them exactly how he has them and you'll be fine...Just make sure you replace "your_user_name" with your short username...

Uduckhead · #7 July 13th, 2005, 08:14 PM

Ok, this next question is going to sound idiotic but I have really never used the Terminal before so please keep that in mind.

In his first set of instructions he has a "$" at the beginning of every line, but when I type that and then the command it says "$: command not found." When I type it without the "$" it doesn't give me an error but it doesn't give me confirmation or anything either. What am I doing wrong?

Uduckhead · #8 July 13th, 2005, 08:15 PM

Also when I type the "%" in front of the bottom commands it says "Too many arguments," again when I don't type it it doesn't say anything.