Downloaded vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz format not recognized by unxz

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Downloaded vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz format not recognized by unxz

Postby cosmo6666 » 20 Dec 2019 07:54

Tried installing a variety of utilities and command-line formats (with 'J', without 'J', 'unxz', 'xz', various flavors of tar), none recognize the file.
Can't find any archives of older versions of VLC either. Would just like to get a 2.2.x version I can install on Ubuntu 16.04. Any help appreciated.

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Re: Downloaded vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz format not recognized by unxz

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 20 Dec 2019 16:40

It's as XZ-compressed tarball. Works fine here.
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Re: Downloaded vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz format not recognized by unxz

Postby cosmo6666 » 20 Dec 2019 21:21

Thank you for the response. I was using a 'howto-build-it' on-line tech support site, and the url provided delivered a damaged *.xz' file.
Thanks again for the prompt response.


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