Unzipping Large ZIP Archives on Mac (like latest Microsoft Edge VM)

Question

After trying to unzip the latest Microsoft Edge Vm zip file on my mac I end up with a *.cpgz file.

Its supposed to result in a *.ova file for virtualBox.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Airspace

For me using a command line tool other than "unzip" worked (i.e. the built-in tar works), see the answers here: apple.stackexchange.com/q/208139/25085 – Dragonhead

Answer 1

http://mattormeeple.com/2015/08/19/unzipping-large-zip-archives-on-mac-like-latest-microsoft-edge-vm/

Running the following worked great (ditto is installed by default):

$ ditto -x -k Microsoft\ Edge.Win10.For.Windows.VirtualBox.zip edge  

Airspace

Watch out the file name changes: ditto -x -k {{vmDownloadName}}.zip edge – Airspace

Answer 2

Tar worked for me e.g. tar -xvf MSEdge.Win10_RS1.VirtualBox.zip

Crispas

Answer 3

The way we recommended for the VMs in dev.modern.ie is to use The Unarchiver. You can know more about how to unzip them in the instructions (page 2).

Also the files are zip64, so any software that can handle them should be ok.

Joinville

Unarchiver didn't work for me, had to use Ditto. Not sure if it's because my version is old, or the OS, but it just recursively unarchived itself. – Coulometer

What file did you try to unzip using Unarchiver and what is your version? – Ulla

It was the Windows 8.1 IE11 ZIP file from Microsoft's own website – Coulometer

We haven't update that file in a long time so it is probably your Unarchiver version – Ulla

Yeah could be that. I have 3.10.1 and the latest is 3.11.1 – Coulometer