Alternate Download Links for 7 Zip

Feature Requests
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Hello

Can you please update the 7-zip dynamic software script to attempt to download from alternative sources? We do Geo-IP blocking and 7-zip’s base domain is hosted in a blocked country.

Or can you proxy the downloads for 7-zip, I know some software in ImmyBot is downloaded via an ImmyBot proxy.

Release 24.08 · ip7z/7zip · GitHub

7-Zip at SourceForge

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We’ve always used the .exe install so going with the MSI install is a little messy. I know Immybot will do a clean up but I would rather be consistent across the board.

I’m exploring 2 options. Manually duplicate the 7zip software and either:

  • Change the install script to the current one I’m already using, which will get the latest version from github, verify if the installed version doesn’t match, check the registry for which version(s) are installed, msi or exe or both, run the un-installers then clean up any left over registry entries and folders. After that download then install the .exe version
  • Duplicate and modify the Versions Deployment script to grab it from the github source instead.

Regardless of the option, I still need to make a custom verification script that will query github for the latest build of 7-zip then return that to verify the install.

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