Cannot decompress .tar.xz file, getting "xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory" from tar
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00:00 Cannot Decompress .Tar.Xz File, Getting &Quot;Xz: Cannot Exec: No Such File Or Directory&Quot; From
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 214
00:58 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 214
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