On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:02:25PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Jared lima wrote: > > i have solved my problem thank you guys. so all the packages that we need > > to compile (the.. 80 or so archives) are available as one tarball? and i > > wouldnt have to worry about using the unxz command on the few tar.xz > > archives? > > Do not top post on this list. > > Yes, you need xz. You have to have all the packages mentioned in the host > system requirements in section 2.2. > > -- Bruce > And any recent version of tar should be able to extract .xz, .lzma, .bz2 or .gz tar files without decompressing the tarball first, so
tar -xf /sources/something.tar.xz [ or tar -xvf to watch it. ] But you still need the relevant programs for tar to invoke. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
