Cannot decompress .tar.xz file, getting "xz: Cannot exec: No such file...

distro_dave

Per How do I uncompress a tarball that uses .xz? , I tried tar xf php-5.6.0RC4.tar.xz and tar -xJf php-5.6.0RC4.tar.xz and in both cases I get the following: tar (child): xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now It's this...

Originally asked by neubert on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Good Linux question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The line tar (child): xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory gives you the real error. The xz programm cannot be executed, probably because it is not installed. To install the xz (de)compression tools, issue one of the following commands depending on your distibution: sudo apt-get install xz-utils # Debian / Ubuntu sudo yum install xz # RHEL / CentOS sudo zypper in xz # OpenSuSE sudo pacman -S xz # Arch Linux

Full answer by mpy: https://superuser.com/a/801189 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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