What Is a BZ2 File?
A file with the BZ2file extensionis a BZIP2 compressed file.
They’re normally used only on Unix-based systems for software distribution.
One holding a compressedPNGimage, for example, might be named something similar likeimage.png.bz2.
How to Open a BZ2 File
BZ2 files can be opened with7-Zipand othercompression/decompression programs.
Of them,PeaZipis a good choice because it fully supports the format.
you could open a BZ2 file on Windows 11 by simply double-clicking or double-tapping it.
Apple’s Archive Utility can open BZ2 files on a Mac for free, as canThe Unarchiver.
Some others for macOS include Incredible Bee’sArchiverand Corel’sWinZip, though neither are free to use past the trial.
Another option that works on all operating systems isB1 Online Archiver.
It can open BZ2 files online in your web surfing app; no software download necessary.
you could use the freeRAR app from RARLABto open BZ2 files on an Android equipment.
iOS users can installZip Browseron iPhone or iPad.
Linux systems can extract the contents of the archive without any external software.
Usebzip2 -d file.bz2to have the original deleted after the extraction.
Just upload the file to that website and choose which format to convert it to.
You then have to download the converted file back to your machine before you might use it.
AnyToISOcan be used to convert TAR.BZ2 files toISO.
If you need help, TF2Maps.net has a greattutorial on compressing BSP to BZ2.
Still Can’t Open It?
It’s easy to do this if you’ve misread the file extension.
For example, BZZ and B2A are similar extensions, but they have nothing to do with an archive.
Attempting to open either with the archive openers above will probably result in an error.
Files using that extension are created byIZArc.
FAQ
Yes.
Most programs that can open ZIP files, including 7-ZIP and WinRAR, can extract BZ2 files.
you could only create BZ2 files in Linux.
After installing BZ2 with the sudo command, use the syntax$ bzip2filename.
