How to Install and Uninstall dar Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dar" package

This is a short guide on how to install dar on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install dar

2. Uninstall "dar" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dar on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove dar $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the dar package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dar
Source: dar (2.6.2-1)
Version: 2.6.2-1+b10
Installed-Size: 1784
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.44), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libdar64-6000, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.7.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgpgme11 (>= 1.1.2), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), liblzo2-2, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: par2, dar-docs
Description: Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files
Description-md5: 74b68e90f5a8f668ae2c9a24ac851fee
Homepage: http://dar.linux.free.fr/
Tag: admin::backup, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::storing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dar/dar_2.6.2-1+b10_amd64.deb
Size: 605696
MD5sum: 35bb1b7c5a3916f53b84418f4585fbf1
SHA256: d74f5e4252b94c22ffffa24c4a6f3286ed79fb26952a71304c537fef0a321ee4