PeaZip 9.7 Open-Source File Archiver Utility Adds Native ARM64 Linux Support

posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 11, 2024,
updated Feb 11, 2024

PeaZip 9.7 is here to add native support for AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems by providing ready-to-use builds for both GTK and Qt variants of the application. This should make it easier for users to use the popular file archiver utility on 64-bit ARM hardware like the latest Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer.

This release also improves the scripting generation engine by implementing a new option in the Console tab of archiving and extraction screens to use the stdin/stdout pipe for archiving and extraction of compressed TAR archives. This change eliminates the need to save intermediate TAR files on disk.

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• PeaZip 9.7 Archive Tool Now Supports ARM64 Linux

  PeaZip 9.7 is the first release to offer a native build for AArch64/ARM64 Linux. This means anyone can now use PeaZip on devices like the Raspberry Pi 4 & 5, the PineBook Pro, Lenovo X13s Gen 1, and similar.

  Although experimental testing and community-based ports of PeaZip for ARM have been available in the past PeaZip 9.7 is the first formal, native, official, etc build — though it’s provided as a portable build only (i.e. not a DEB or RPM).