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I definitely used to be able to select a set of files in File Manager and right-click >> "Compress" and pick the format (e.g. .tar.gz). I think I used to be able to right-click a compressed file and choose "Extract Here" or something like that but I'm not sure. Anyway, those options are now missing.

I think they disappeared when I uninstalled zip and unzip as per the suggestions here: https://wiki.debian.org/ReduceDebian

Since then I have reinstalled zip and unzip, but the menu options in File Manager have not returned. Any idea what I can do to be able to Compress, Extract from File Manager?

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Those options are created when installing Gnome Archive Manager. It comes preisntalled with elementary OS. We can asume it's missing in your installation.

Try reinstalling it with sudo apt install --reinstall file-roller

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  • Thanks! That did it! Not sure what I did to make it go away in the first place, but all good now!
    – Akash Sharma
    Jul 30, 2020 at 10:16
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With the latest version of elementaryOS 6, this reappeared for me, and the solution above didn't work; what did work was the following one: Compress and Extract options missing from Files with latest update

sudo apt install --reinstall org.gnome.fileroller

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Run this:

sudo apt install --reinstall org.gnome.fileroller

Tested and works on Elementary OS 6.1 Jolnir

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