Engrampa can't handle 7z files with encrypted files lists

[Raphael]

I think I’ve discovered that Engrampa can’t open or extract from encrypted 7z files that have their internal file lists encrypted, too. I have to install and use File Roller for that. Not much of a problem, but I thought I’d let you know.

[tkn]

Hi Raphael,

Thanks for posting this, a bug has been filed:

Engrampa not opening / listing 7z password compressed files when the option of password protect file names was chosen for create the file

It has been fixed in the next mate-desktop version (1.28)
I really hope that it will be backported.

In the meantime you can install "file-roller" which is practically the same.

[jymm]

I tried file roller and Xarchiver and finally settled on Peazip. It will update if you make changes. File roller I had to do another compression when I updated the file and then wipe the old file. I use 7z because it is password protected and I don’t want to fool around with encryption.

[lah7]

If anyone wants Engrampa 1.28 on their MATE 1.26 desktop today, it is possible to build your own package to upgrade that program:

When Engrampa 1.28.2 in 24.04?

Easy peasy(ish) with Arch Linux... oops... wrong distro! (Genuinely, I do find their PKGBUILD much easier for rebuilding packages - in less commands!) In this case, I would recommend building it under the packaging system (apt). With 1.28.2 installed to the system replacing 1.26.2, allowing you to use Engrampa as you normally would seamlessly. This is the approach I'd take: To the terminal! Install a metapackage with tools for building packages: sudo apt install devscripts git Open So…

[jymm]

Do you need to remove the old default 7z package first?

[Philippe]

No need, it's like an update