SOLVED How to compress a folder to .zip?

[Nippur]

Hi guys.

Embarrassing not to know this but I always perform this under xp using the compress to zip option.No idea on how I can do a similar action under lxde.
Any clues? thx!

[menotu]

In KDE, open Dolphin, select and right click  the folder you want to compress and choose

Compress > and choose either ZIP, RAR or ZIP/TAR (see image)

[µT6]

in lxde, what you say you have you can use p7zip or ark, i ignore if there is a service menu in it like the one mentioned before

be sure to have zip support files installed in synaptic, i think it is called unzip and zip

[daniel]

install file-roller and set it as default in
Archive integration...

Code: [Select]

pcmanfm --show-pref=5



Right click on folder > compress 

[Nippur]

install file-roller and set it as default in
Archive integration...

Code: [Select]

pcmanfm --show-pref=5



Right click on folder > compress  

will try this when I get home.I do see the "compress" option but nothing happens when I click it.I do see that file-roller is installed in synaptic.

Where is "archive integration"?

FOUND IT!

Thank you guys.

[zorlac]

My buddy isn't real computer literate (he runs phoenix) and sometimes gets emails via Yahoo web mail that contain attached zip files with pictures and really wouldn't understand unzipping to a folder to run a slideshow in a some type of .jpg viewer.
My question is, would there be an easy way to automate extracting & viewing zipped attachments?
Thanks

[µT6]

jdownloader can do that but i don't know how to connect it to a a mail server, other than copying the download link so jdownloader downloads and unzip or unrar the file

[zorlac]

Isn't that a windoze app?

[µT6]

jdownloader is in repos

it is a multiplatform app using java, it does work in linux but doesn't have much integration other than firefox and check the clipboard