On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:40:58AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > gene@coyote:~/PublicB/rock64-next-try$ xz -d --arm --keep > Armbian_22.05.4_Rock64_jammy_current_5.15.48_xfce_desktop.img.xz > xz: Armbian_22.05.4_Rock64_jammy_current_5.15.48_xfce_desktop.img: > Permission denied
Look at which file it's complaining about. The file that it's complaining about ends with .img not .img.xz -- it's the *output file* that's in the way, or else the directory you're in is not writable by you. The input file is not the problem.