How can I unzip very large zip file (>6gb) in Google Colab notebook?

Question

I am unable to unzip a file downloaded into current directory due to the error:

zipfiles that span multiple disks are not supported

How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

I had the same problem, although not in Google Colab, but in a similar service at my local institution at the Göttingen Library. The previous solution did not work for me, because I did not have the authorization to install new programs on the server. Instead, I used directly the function unzip from Linux:

!unzip your_zip_file.zip

That worked for me!

Answer 2

Copy the following command:

!apt-get install p7zip-full

Use the following command to unzip it:

!7za x FileName

The above code should help you out to unzip large files(>5GB) in google colab.