[Qgis-user] Convert LYR 2 SHP

[Nyall Dawson]

On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 05:58, Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com> wrote:
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> To my knowledge, lyr files are definitions for data sources, styles, and other layer configuration information.

Correct. They are a direct equivalent of QLYR/QML files in QGIS land.

> If you have a layer package you want to convert or extract data from, I'm not actually sure of what FOSS tooling supports it at all.

A lpk is actually just a 7zip file renamed with a different extension.
If you open the lpk in 7zip you'll see a .lyr file with the styling
information together with a .gdb dataset containing the actual layer
data. The .gdb will open fine in QGIS, but you'd need the licensed
SLYR plugin in order to get the original .lyr styling to apply.

Nyall