bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory

While creating a tarball with bzip2, you may run into this error: "bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory"

bzip2 cannot exec

[root@gnuadmin ~]# tar -cjf bzip2.tar.gz data_file last.log system_logs 
tar (child): bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now

You must install "bzip2" package to your system in order to resolve this issue.

You can use these commands under;

Debian based distros:

apt-get install bzip2

Red Hat based distros (RPM):

yum install bzip2