How to Install tar.xz on Linux Debian 12
One of the common types of installation packages in Linux is .tar.xz. This is an easy way of packaging a software as well as compressing files. In this video we will have a look at the software packaging side of this type of archives by creating a simple software using Bash Script, packaging it as a .tar.xz archive, and then extracting, installing, testing, and uninstalling it from our Linux machine. The code and commands that we will execute during this video go below.
Create a project directory
mkdir hello_world
cd hello_world
Create the bash script using Vim
vim hello.sh
Inside Vim, type:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello, World!"
(Press ESC, then type :wq to save and exit Vim)
Make the script executable
chmod +x hello.sh
Create the install script using Vim
vim install.sh
Inside Vim press i then type:
#!/bin/bash
cp hello.sh /usr/local/bin/hello
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hello
(Press ESC, then type :wq to save and exit Vim)
Make the install script executable
chmod +x install.sh
Create the uninstall script using Vim:
vim uninstall.sh
Inside Vim, type:
#!/bin/bash
rm /usr/local/bin/hello
(Press ESC, then type :wq to save and exit Vim)
Make the uninstall script executable
chmod +x uninstall.sh
Go back to the parent directory
cd ..
Package the project directory into a .tar.xz archive
tar -cJf hello_world.tar.xz hello_world/
Extract the .tar.xz archive
tar -xJf hello_world.tar.xz
Change to the extracted directory
cd hello_world
Run the install script with sudo
sudo ./install.sh
Test the installed program
hello
Run the uninstall script with sudo
sudo ./uninstall.sh
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