You can use the Archive Manager application (also known as File Roller) to create, view, modify or unpack an archive. An archive is a file that acts as a container for other files. An archive can contain many files, directories and subdirectories, usually in compressed form. Archive Manager supports common formats such as zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2, lzh, and rar. You can use Archive Manager to create, open and extract a compressed non-archive file.
To start Archive Manager, open the Activities Overview by pressing Meta and type arch.
If you already have a compressed file, double-click the file name in GNOME Files to view the contents of the archive in Archive Manager.
Figure 2.2: Archive Manager