How to Install and Uninstall xar.x86_64 Package on CentOS Stream 8

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "xar.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xar.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install xar.x86_64

2. Uninstall "xar.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xar.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8:

$ sudo dnf remove xar.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the xar.x86_64 package on CentOS Stream 8

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Available Packages
Name : xar
Version : 1.8.0.417.1
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 71 k
Source : xar-1.8.0.417.1-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : The eXtensible ARchiver
URL : https://opensource.apple.com/source/xar
License : BSD
Description : The XAR project aims to provide an easily extensible archive format. Important
: design decisions include an easily extensible XML table of contents for random
: access to archived files, storing the toc at the beginning of the archive to
: allow for efficient handling of streamed archives, the ability to handle files
: of arbitrarily large sizes, the ability to choose independent encodings for
: individual files in the archive, the ability to store checksums for individual
: files in both compressed and uncompressed form, and the ability to query the
: table of content's rich meta-data.