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I have a password protected zip file which was created in Windows. When I am trying to extract the same file under Ubuntu I get the error need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6). Any idea how to proceed?

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According to this thread you can use 7z for this. First install p7zip-full package with: 

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

Then either use the GUI or extract the archive with this command:

7z e /path/to/file

or 

7z x /path/to/file

(second one preserves directory structure).

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  • very good that also the GUI (file-roller) understand to use p7zip if installed!
    – Stefano
    Feb 6, 2015 at 7:56
  • This fixed the problem for me. Note that even though this fixes file-roller, the unzip tool will continue to report this error, so you'll have to use 7z for normal zip/unzip.
    – Cerin
    Nov 2, 2015 at 16:46
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Fix zip file by the use of fixing broken zip file missing parts

Item http://www.fixbrokenzipfile.zipfilefix.com will give you the conception how to handle the issue

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  • The link is broken...
    – papukaija
    Jul 7, 2013 at 10:59
  • No, it's not a broken zip file...
    – Abdillah
    Dec 23, 2015 at 0:00

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