How to Zip a File in Ubuntu. Many Ubuntu Linux file archives have the "tar.gz" file extension and were created using the standard tar and gzip utilities. Although the name is similar, gzip does ...

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This will create the new zip file in the current working directory. To unzip a compressed file, right-click it and select Extract Here (Figure 3). Figure 3: Unzipping a file the GUI way in Linux.

How to copy a directory on Linux desktop file explorers The easiest way to copy a directory on Linux systems like Ubuntu or Mint is going to be through the desktop file explorer.