{"id":46132,"date":"2024-04-10T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46132"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:24:00","slug":"install-peazip-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/install-peazip-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install & Setup PeaZip Archive Manager in Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tutorial shows how to install PeaZip file archive manager and setup file manager integration in Ubuntu Desktop.<\/p>\n

PeaZip is a free open-source archive manager for Windows, Linux, macOS, and BSD. It’s based on open source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, Brotli, FreeArc, PAQ, Zstandard, and PEA projects. And, supports over 200 archive types including 7Z \/ XZ \/ TXZ, ACE (*), BZ2 \/ TBZ, Brotli BR, GZ \/ TGZ, ISO, RAR, TAR, WIM, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ, Zstandard ZST and more.<\/p>\n

The free file archiver is easy to install in Ubuntu and other Linux through its official binary package. It provides a GUI window, and integrates well into file manager context menu.<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Install PeaZip<\/h3>\n

PeaZip provides Linux packages in 3 different formats. They include native .deb<\/code>\/.rpm<\/code>, portable tarball, and universal Flatpak package. While, native .deb<\/code>\/.rpm<\/code> is recommended for better integration.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Install native .deb<\/code> Package (AMD\/Intel only)<\/h4>\n

1. First, go to PeaZip website to download the package for Linux:<\/p>\n

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Download PeaZip for Linux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For choice, you may download the packages from other download mirrors: sourceforge<\/a> or Github releases<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

For Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc, select download the DEB package, while Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE, etc users can choose the RPM package instead.<\/p>\n

And, for KDE\/LxQT Desktop, choose the Qt6 package, while GNOME, MATE, XFCE etc select download the GTK2 version. Though both work on each other!<\/p>\n

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2. After downloaded the DEB package, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, then run command to install it:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install ~\/Downloads\/peazip*.deb<\/pre>\n
If you didn’t save the package into user Downloads folder, then drag’n’drop the DEB package into terminal instead of typing ~\/Downloads\/peazip*.deb<\/code>.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Finally, search for and launch the app from either start menu or GNOME ‘Show Apps’ screen depends on your desktop environment.<\/p>\n
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For file manager integration, go see the next Step 2.<\/p>\n
Option 2: Use portable tarball (AMD\/Intel)<\/h4>\n
If you don’t have admin account for installing DEB package, or you’re on Arch, Manjaro, etc that does not support DEB or RPM, then choose download either “Portable Qt6<\/b>” or “Portable GTK2<\/b>” from the download link above.<\/p>\n
Then, decompress the tarball, and navigate to the extracted folder, finally click run “peazip” file to launch the archive manager.<\/p>\n
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(Optional) Add to PATH & Menu (so you can launch it from start menu or Gnome overview)<\/b>.<\/p>\n
For long time use, it’s better to first move the portable PeaZip folder. In my case, I created “MyApps<\/b>” folder in user home, then put it there.<\/p>\n
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Next, open Text Editor<\/b> and create an empty document. Then, paste following lines:<\/p>\n
[Desktop Entry]\r\nName=PeaZip\r\nComment=PeaZip archive manager\r\nExec=\/home\/ji\/MyApps\/peazip_portable-10.5.0.LINUX.GTK2.x86_64<\/b>\/peazip %F\r\nIcon=\/home\/ji\/MyApps\/peazip_portable-10.5.0.LINUX.GTK2.x86_64<\/b>\/res\/share\/batch\/freedesktop_integration\/peazip.png\r\nType=Application\r\nTerminal=false\r\nCategories=Utility;Archiving;Compression;\r\nKeywords=zip;rar;tar;extract;unpack;\r\nMimeType=application\/bzip2;application\/gzip;application\/vnd.android.package-archive;application\/vnd.ms-cab-compressed;application\/vnd.debian.binary-package;application\/x-7z-compressed;application\/x-7z-compressed-tar;application\/x-ace;application\/x-alz;application\/x-ar;application\/x-archive;application\/x-arj;application\/x-brotli;application\/x-bzip-brotli-tar;application\/x-bzip;application\/x-bzip-compressed-tar;application\/x-bzip1;application\/x-bzip1-compressed-tar;application\/x-cabinet;application\/x-cd-image;application\/x-compress;application\/x-compressed-tar;application\/x-cpio;application\/x-chrome-extension;application\/x-deb;application\/x-ear;application\/x-ms-dos-executable;application\/x-gtar;application\/x-gzip;application\/x-gzpostscript;application\/x-java-archive;application\/x-lha;application\/x-lhz;application\/x-lrzip;application\/x-lrzip-compressed-tar;application\/x-lz4;application\/x-lzip;application\/x-lzip-compressed-tar;application\/x-lzma;application\/x-lzma-compressed-tar;application\/x-lzop;application\/x-lz4-compressed-tar;application\/x-ms-wim;application\/x-rar;application\/x-rar-compressed;application\/x-rpm;application\/x-source-rpm;application\/x-rzip;application\/x-rzip-compressed-tar;application\/x-tar;application\/x-tarz;application\/x-tzo;application\/x-stuffit;application\/x-war;application\/x-xar;application\/x-xz;application\/x-xz-compressed-tar;application\/x-zip;application\/x-zip-compressed;application\/x-zstd-compressed-tar;application\/x-zoo;application\/zip;application\/zstd;<\/pre>\n
Here you need to replace the app folder PATH in bold<\/b>, according to where you put it (navigate to that folder, press Ctl+L then copy and replace with it in text editor).<\/p>\n
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Finally, save the document as peazip.desktop<\/b> into .local\/share\/applications<\/code> folder.<\/p>\n
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If everything’s done correctly, you’ll be able to launch PeaZip from start menu or Gnome overview a few moments later.<\/p>\n
Option 3: install PeaZip via Flatpak (Intel\/AMD & RasPi)<\/h4>\n
For choice PeaZip is also available to install as Flatpak package that runs in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n
Linux Mint 21\/22 and Fedora Workstation (with 3rd party repo enabled) can search for and install the Flatpak package from either Software Manager or GNOME Software.<\/p>\n
For Ubuntu, and other Linux<\/b>, follow the steps below one by one to install the app as Flatpak package:<\/p>\n
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  1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, then run command to enable Flatpak support:\n
    sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n
    For other Linux, follow the official setup guide<\/a> to enable the package format support.<\/i>
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  2. Then, install the app as Flatpak package by running the command below in terminal:\n
    flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.github.peazip.PeaZip.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
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    Once installed, search for and launch the app either from start menu or GNOME overview depends on your desktop environment (may need a log out and back in for app icon visible).<\/p>\n
    Step 2: Setup PeaZip Context Menu Integration<\/h3>\n
    NOTE: This step does NOT work for Flatpak package!<\/b><\/p>\n
    After installed the app, you can either launch it from start menu, or the “Open With” dialog for the associated files.<\/p>\n
    For choice, there are some built-in scripts to add more context menu options, including:<\/p>\n