How to get executable program from tar.xz file

Solution 1:

This KDE Iso Imagewriter package is distributed in source code form. It is possible to get compilation instructions for Ubuntu by reading ArchLinux PKGBUILD.

Below is the list of commands for building on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wget xz-utils cmake extra-cmake-modules build-essential gettext libkf5i18n-dev libkf5coreaddons-dev libkf5widgetsaddons-dev libkf5iconthemes-dev libudev-dev libgpgme-dev libgpgmepp-dev libgpg-error-dev pkg-config appstream

cd ~/Downloads
wget -c https://download.kde.org/unstable/isoimagewriter/0.8/isoimagewriter-0.8.tar.xz
tar -xf isoimagewriter-0.8.tar.xz
cd isoimagewriter-0.8
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

and then enjoy KDE Iso Imagewriter.