<s>
The	O
following	O
tables	O
compare	O
general	O
and	O
technical	O
information	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
file	B-Application
archivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
the	O
archivers	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
without	O
emulation	O
or	O
compatibility	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	O
's	O
own	O
GUI	B-Application
Archive	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
can	O
open	O
and	O
create	O
many	O
archive	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
(	O
including	O
Rar	O
archives	O
)	O
even	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
of	O
splitting	O
into	O
parts	O
and	O
encryption	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
be	O
read	O
by	O
the	O
native	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
about	O
what	O
archive	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
the	O
archivers	O
can	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
bzip2	B-Application
and	O
xz	B-Language
are	O
compression	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
rather	O
than	O
archive	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
about	O
what	O
archive	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
the	O
archivers	O
can	O
write	O
and	O
create	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
bzip2	B-Application
and	O
xz	B-Language
are	O
compression	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
rather	O
than	O
archive	B-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tar	B-Application
implementations	O
call	O
the	O
external	O
programs	O
gzip	B-Application
and	O
bzip2	B-Application
,	O
7z	O
,	O
xz	B-Language
,	O
...	O
to	O
perform	O
compression	O
;	O
these	O
external	O
programs	O
usually	O
come	O
with	O
systems	O
that	O
contain	O
tar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Requires	O
rar.exe	O
from	O
WinRAR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
</s>
<s>
Requires	O
Ace32.exe	O
from	O
WinAce	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Extractor	O
and	O
XAD	B-Application
are	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
this	O
list	O
because	O
they	O
only	O
expand	O
archives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ark	B-Language
is	O
a	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
only	O
and	O
requires	O
appropriate	O
command-line	O
programs	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
like	O
bzip2	B-Application
,	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
tar	B-Application
,	O
zip	B-General_Concept
usually	O
come	O
with	O
systems	O
that	O
contain	O
Ark	B-Language
;	O
writing	O
in	O
.rar	O
format	O
requires	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xarchiver	B-Language
is	O
a	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
only	O
and	O
requires	O
appropriate	O
command-line	O
programs	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
like	O
bzip2	B-Application
,	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
tar	B-Application
,	O
zip	B-General_Concept
usually	O
come	O
with	O
systems	O
that	O
contain	O
Xarchiver	B-Language
;	O
writing	O
in	O
.rar	O
format	O
requires	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archive	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
File	B-Application
Roller	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
only	O
and	O
requires	O
appropriate	O
command-line	O
programs	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
like	O
bzip2	B-Application
,	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
tar	B-Application
,	O
zip	B-General_Concept
usually	O
come	O
with	O
systems	O
that	O
contain	O
Archive	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
writing	O
in	O
.rar	O
format	O
requires	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
,	O
files	O
must	O
be	O
grouped	O
in	O
a	O
.tar	B-Application
before	O
being	O
compressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
can	O
be	O
taken	O
from	O
WinRAR	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PeaZip	B-Application
has	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Brotli	O
,	O
Zstandard	O
,	O
various	O
LPAQ	O
and	O
PAQ	B-Application
formats	O
,	O
QUAD	O
/	O
BALZ	O
/	O
BCM	O
(	O
highly	O
efficient	O
ROLZ	O
based	O
compressors	O
)	O
,	O
FreeArc	B-Application
format	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
its	O
native	O
PEA	B-General_Concept
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
7-Zip	B-Language
includes	O
read	O
support	O
for	O
.msi	B-Application
,	O
cpio	B-Application
and	O
xar	B-Application
,	O
plus	O
Apple	O
's	O
dmg/HFS	O
disk	O
images	O
and	O
the	O
deb/.rpm	O
package	O
distribution	O
formats	O
;	O
beta	O
versions	O
(	O
9.07	O
onwards	O
)	O
have	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
LZMA2-compressed	O
.xz	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
