
tar - How do I uncompress a tarball that uses .xz? - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 3, 2012 · I'm used to extracting tarballs with a -xfz flag, which handles gzip and bzip2 archives. Recently I've run into a .tar.xz file and I would like to uncompress it in one step using tar, how can I do...
How do I use an .img.xz file or get an .img file from it?
Dec 2, 2019 · xz is a compression format like zip or gz. To be able to decompress it from the command line you need to install xz-utils: $ sudo apt-get install xz-utils and then use this command to …
tar.xz extracting error "xz: (stdin): File format not recognized"
Jan 21, 2017 · In addition to what Olaf Dietsche suggests, If this is a publicly available .tar.xz, can you give a link to it? What version of Ubuntu Mate are you running? Are you able to unpack the file with …
How do I compress multiple files into a .xz archive?
Apr 16, 2015 · Although tar cJf archive files... as detailed by Zacharee1 and by heemayl is usually what you'll want to do, another way is to pipe tarred data to the xz command: tar c files... | xz > …
Should I use xz or lzma compression? - Ask Ubuntu
Apr 17, 2017 · I disagree with @dv3500ea's conclusion, "OK using either", as it was inappropriate. Even at the posted date/time, .lzma files were known to be replaced completely by .xz. The author of both …
Multi-Core Compression tools - Ask Ubuntu
Feb 19, 2013 · What compression tools are available in Ubuntu that can benefit from a multi-core CPU.
How can I update XZ-utils system-wide after building from source?
I downloaded XZ Utils from their website, and then I built them using ./configure and make, which creates a bunch of binaries. (I tested them and they work.) Now I'd like to have these new binaries
Where does "liblzma.so.0" come from? - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 8, 2017 · 1. Download xz-utils from tukaani.org 2. Extract tarfile $ tar -xvf xz-*.tar.gz 3. Build $ cd xz* $ ./configure && make 4. Install $ sudo make install 5. Reconfigure dynamic linker bindings $ …
Confusing CPIO problem copying filesystems - Ask Ubuntu
May 18, 2022 · For decades, on many Unix variant, I used the following to backup. find /source/directory | cpio -dumpv /destination/directory Lately on Ubuntu, this fails in a strange way: Instead of creating the