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An error occuring while loading an archive in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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I have a .7z file that I want to open. I opened it and Ubuntu told me it doesn't have the command to open the file and asked if I would like to search for the command, which I did. After searching, it found an additional software package called 'p7zip', which I installed. Now when I try to open the file it says 'An error occurred while loading the archive'.

There is nothing wrong with the file because it opens fine when I open it in 7-Zip in Windows 10 Home. How can I go about fixing this problem?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo apt-get install p7zip p7zip-full p7zip-rar unp

Should do it

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Not Telling (c4529218) said : 		#2

Thanks mate! you fixed it!

How did you know what the problem was (so I can learn how to fix things)?