i am new in Linux. Generally i install software by internet, but i think it is not a good approach to depend on internet all the times. Then i downloaded a vlc .tar.xz file. then searched Internet how to install .tar.xz. But unable to install. The command i written and result got given below..
ubuntu@ubuntu-HP:~/programs$ tar -zxvf vlc-2.0.6.tar.xz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
ubuntu@ubuntu-HP:~/programs$ tar -zxf vlc-2.0.6.tar.xz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
make install
might just work fine. – larkey Sep 25 '15 at 7:02