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how to instal Linux utils

hi, i want to extract a .tar.xz file, i tried the -xvfJ but that not worked, i want to know ,from where can i get the proper utils and how will i install that.
as i m a biggner and dont know a lot about linux.

You may need to install lzma if it is not already installed.

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Originally Posted by sallahuddin2001 (Post 4926725)

No idea...you don't tell us what version/distro of Linux you're using, so how can we tell you where to get/install packages for it? And you also don't say what you mean by "not worked"...what error(s)/message(s) did you get?

Yes, "not worked" isn't very helpful for others to figure what the heck happened. What kind of error message did you get?

use the package manager on this unknown operating system to install xz

on opensuse 12.2
this is the zypper information about the package

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Information for package xz:

Repository: openSUSE-12.2-Oss
Name: xz
Version: 5.0.3-12.2.2
Arch: x86_64
Vendor: openSUSE
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 244.2 KiB
Summary: A Program for Compressing Files
Description:
The xz command is a very powerful program for compressing files.
* Average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of
gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2.
* Decompression speed is only little slower than that of gzip, being
two to five times faster than bzip2.
* In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable
compression ratio.
* Achieving the best compression ratios takes four to even twelve
times longer than with bzip2. However. this doesn't affect
decompressing speed.
* Very similar command line interface to what gzip and bzip2 have.