missing liblzma header files

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. first run
2.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking lzma.h usability... no
checking lzma.h presence... no
checking for lzma.h... no
error: missing liblzma header files

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.78 beta

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by SNDa...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2012 at 7:10

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The pre-requisite package/RPM name will depend on your OS. However, it should 
be obvious. Go through the available packages and determine which matches what 
you need. The header files are actually also included in the kit, though won't 
be referenced properly there by the checks you are seeing in Craig's -ng 
scripts.

Original comment by jeremy.collake@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2012 at 10:46

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The prerequisites are listed on the wiki page, along with the appropriate 
package names for Debian and RedHat systems. If you can't find the right 
package for your Linux distro, you can always download and install xz-utils 
from source, which will provide you with the necessary header files: 
http://tukaani.org/xz/

Original comment by heffne...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2012 at 4:46

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Perhaps http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Development could mention in its 
recommended aptitude command to install liblzma-dev on Debian? That fixes the 
problem quite nicely and will keep people off the bug boards.

Original comment by j...@bordenrhodes.com on 18 Sep 2013 at 6:43

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... the wiki page should also include in the aptitude line to install 
python-magic. With those two extra packages, extract-firmware.sh worked the 
first time with me.

I'd make the change myself but I can't be bothered to set up a one-time Wiki 
account.

Original comment by j...@bordenrhodes.com on 18 Sep 2013 at 6:48

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Thanks for reporting this. We aren't affiliated with DD-WRT, so the 
inaccuracies of their wiki aren't for us to fix. In theory, they should have 
enough money to pay people for that.. or at least bother with it themselves. 
They don't though. I feel for anyone trying to follow any instructions on that 
site, lol.

> I'd make the change myself but I can't be bothered to set up a one-time Wiki 
account

LOL, same with us, except I have the added thought that they need to start 
supporting the software they are selling ;p.

Original comment by jeremy.collake@gmail.com on 18 Sep 2013 at 3:51

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I solved the same problem installing from source the xz-utils version 5.0.5 on 
my OpenSUSE 13.1 
http://tukaani.org/xz/

Original comment by ros...@gmail.com on 31 Jan 2014 at 10:48