How to Uncompress .7z Files in Ubuntu

I describe here how to uncompress .7z files in linux, specifically Ubuntu.

1. Install p7zip – a command line port of the 7zip utility for Unix, Mac OS X, BeOS and Amiga – if not already installed by running the following command

$ sudo apt-get install p7zip

2. Uncompress the file using the command

$ p7zip -d my-file-name

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