how to instal Linux utils

sallahuddin2001 · 04-07-2013, 04:01 AM

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.

273 · 04-07-2013, 04:07 AM

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

TB0ne · 04-07-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sallahuddin2001

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.

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?

bloody · 04-07-2013, 04:21 PM

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

John VV · 04-07-2013, 07:29 PM

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.