tar -xf file.tar.xz
tar -xf filename.tar.xz
tar -xf archive.tar.xz -C /home/linuxize/files
tar -xf filename
tar xf [filename]
This will expand the contents of the file to a folder. Then the commands are, from the folder:
./configure
make
sudo make install
tar -xvf archive.tar.xz
tar xf [filename]
unxz file.tar.xz
tar -xf file.tar
compress : tar cfJ file.tar.xz myFile
decompress : tar -xJf file.tar.xz