How to extract tar xz in linux

[rangs]

i am using Cent OS 5.7(64) and am unable extract these files using
tar -xf file.pkg.tar.xz

it gives the error
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 10152 bytes from scilab-5.3.1-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

please help me for this


Thanks
Rangs

 

[nikorr]

Hey Rangs,

Try this http/www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/Universal-Extractor.shtml

 

[nikorr]

Didn't see, that u wanted it for Linux : )

http/tukaani.org/xz/

 

[nikorr]

7-Zip will do it too in Linux.

http/www.7-zip.org/download.html

 

[Ijack]

Try:

tar -xJf file.pkg.tar.xz