# How do I unzip files on the DevTerm? **URL:** \ **Category:** DevTerm\ **Created:** [September 28, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-do-i-unzip-files-on-the-devterm/7170 "2021-09-28T15:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![krystman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/krystman/32/2049_2.png) [@krystman](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/krystman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-do-i-unzip-files-on-the-devterm/7170/1 "2021-09-28T15:02:50Z")
This may be a stupid question, but how do I unzip a file on the DevTerm? I thought a tool like Archiver would be part of the distro but I can’t find anything. ---
**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-do-i-unzip-files-on-the-devterm/7170/2 "2021-09-28T15:10:44Z")
The CLI tools should be readily available, and depending on your compressed file you can use [unzip](https://linux.die.net/man/1/unzip) or [tar](https://linux.die.net/man/1/tar) For the GUI application I am not sure which one comes by default on Raspbian (I don’t have the device) but maybe Xarchiver. @Godzil could confirm. If its not installed you can install it with `sudo apt install xarchiver` or any GUI compressed file manager of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![krystman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/krystman/32/2049_2.png) [@krystman](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/krystman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-do-i-unzip-files-on-the-devterm/7170/3 "2021-09-29T01:32:23Z")
Thanks. Yeah it seems like Xarchiver is not part of this distro. I would have installed it but I had Wi-Fi issues. CLI tools worked.