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TXZ File - What is a .txz file and how do I open it?
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What is a TXZ file? Archive created with Tar and XZ utilities; contains one or more files first archived using Tar and then compressed using XZ compression; compressed using a high compression ratio.
More Information Beginning with Slackware 13, TXZ files are used to distribute Slackware Linux packages. They can be opened using various Slackware package management tools, including pkgtool and installpkg. Due to the high compression ratio, TXZ files are typically smaller in size than .TGZ files.
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.TXZ File Extension
XZ Compressed Tar Archive
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What is a TXZ file?
Archive created with Tar and XZ utilities; contains one or more files first archived using Tar and then compressed using XZ compression; compressed using a high compression ratio.
More Information
Beginning with Slackware 13, TXZ files are used to distribute Slackware Linux packages. They can be opened using various Slackware package management tools, including pkgtool and installpkg.
Due to the high compression ratio, TXZ files are typically smaller in size than .TGZ files.
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Tukaani XZ Utils
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Slackware pkgtool
Slackware installpkg
Slackware upgradepkg
Slackware slackpkg
Category: Compressed Files
Updated: February 23, 2010