Trying to unzip file

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Solution 1

Try to unzip it with p7zip.

You can install it via MacPorts or Homebrew with these commands, respectively:

sudo port install p7zip

brew install p7zip

Then, to unzip it, use:

7za x file.zip

Solution 2

If you're emotionally attached to using the unzip command; this also works:

$ brew tap homebrew/dupes
$ brew install unzip
$ brew link unzip --force

# Warning: unzip is keg-only and must be linked with --force
# Note that doing so can interfere with building software.

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Pedro Cora

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Pedro Cora almost 2 years
When trying to unzip a file, I ghet the following error:
```
Archive:  file.zip
skipping: file.bla            need PK compat. v4.5 (can do v2.1)
```
Can any one help?
- Admin almost 11 years
  
  Try 7z x file.zip install info, I am pretty sure that error is related to password protected zips, which the built in doesn't really support.
user924 about 5 years

@avernet then why Windows can do it and macOS not? Is macOS that bad?
Oleg Sapishchuk about 4 years

I did use on macOS only brew install p7zip and 7za x file.zip - all is working
xenoterracide over 3 years

this helped me too, mine was need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.5) just for google index. I also used brew.
Criggie about 3 years

as of 2021 "Error: homebrew/dupes was deprecated. This tap is now empty and all its contents were either deleted or migrated."