Just posting a quick fix to a problem I had with using 7z to extract an archive. I could list the contents of the archive, but any attempts to extract gave an “Unsupported Method” error. Dan Jacobson posted a solution to the debian bug tracking system, which is to install the package p7zip-rar.
In Ubuntu 9.04, I ran:
sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar
Now, I can extract the contents of my file with 7z as follows:
7z e TekSavvyAM.exe
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11 thoughts on “SOLUTION: Extract .exe archive with 7z in Ubunu 9.04, fix “Unsupported Method” error”
Thanks!
Thank you! That works 🙂
thanx mate .
Yes. I could list the file contents with Archive Manager but could not extract them. Your solution works fine! Thanks
Thank you. Works great in Ubuntu 13.10, too
how do we run the program then
You probably want to use Wine.
In Ubuntu GNU/Linux, you can install it with:
sudo apt-get install wineHere’s a tutorial I found by searching the web for “linux run exe wine” or something to that effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYnK8J94eQ8
I have opened .exe files with “file roller” in Debian when other programs such as unzip or 7zip were not giving error messages.
Correction: unzip and 7zip were giving error messages, file roller was not.
Thanks for the tip! Works on Ubuntu 14 as well
Nice and effective solution. Still working on Linux Mint 18.