install.7zip.Rd

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\name{install.7zip}
\alias{install.7zip}
\title{Downloads and installs 7-Zip for windows}
\usage{
install.7zip(page_with_download_url = "http://www.7-zip.org/download.html",
  ...)
}
\arguments{
  \item{page_with_download_url}{the URL of the 7-Zip
  download page.}

  \item{...}{extra parameters to pass to
  \link{install.URL}}
}
\value{
TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.
}
\description{
Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version
of 7-Zip for Windows.
}
\details{
7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is
under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed
license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license
information here: 7-Zip license. You can use 7-Zip on any
computer, including a computer in a commercial
organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.
*The main features of 7-Zip *High compression ratio in 7z
format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression *Supported formats:
**Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and
WIM **Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB,
DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR,
RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z. For ZIP and GZIP
formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 %
better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip *Strong
AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats *Self-extracting
capability for 7z format *Integration with Windows Shell
*Powerful File Manager *Powerful command line version
*Plugin for FAR Manager *Localizations for 79 languages
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
install.7zip() # installs the latest version of 7-Zip
}
}
\references{
\itemize{ \item 7-zip homepage: \url{http://www.7-zip.org/}
}
}