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[Bug 885146] Re: Archive Manager fails to handle password-protected ZIP files

 

I encountered this bug on Ubuntu 15.10. It can be solved by installing
the package p7zip-full. It occurred when I tried to extract a password-
protected file which I created on another computer with Ubuntu 14.04
LTS.

The messages from command-line 'unzip' are:

skipping: (file name)  need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)
skipping: (file name)  need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)
skipping: (file name)  need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)
etc.

The main problem here is that the error message returned by Archive
Manager is not helpful at all.

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Title:
  Archive Manager fails to handle password-protected ZIP files

Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
  Upon trying to open a password-protect ZIP file in Archive Manager/file-roller, I'm correctly prompted for a password.  However, on pressing enter/clicking "OK", I then get an error dialog stating:

  An error occurred while extracting files.
  > Command Line Output
  error:  must give decryption password with -P option

  ... on trying again without quitting file-roller, I'm not prompted for
  a password - it simply shows the same dialog.  If I deliberately enter
  the *wrong* password, then the "Password required" dialog immediately
  re-opens - so it's not a mis-typed password issue.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  $ apt-cache policy file-roller
  file-roller:
    Installed: 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.2.0-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

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