How to Install and Uninstall libarchive-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libarchive-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libarchive-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libarchive-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libarchive-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libarchive-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libarchive-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libarchive-tools
Source: libarchive
Version: 3.3.3-4+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 196
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bsdcpio (<< 3.2.1-2~), bsdtar (<< 3.2.1-2~)
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.3.3-4+deb10u1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: bsdcpio (<< 3.2.1-2~), bsdtar (<< 3.2.1-2~)
Description: FreeBSD implementations of 'tar' and 'cpio' and other archive tools
Description-md5: 04bbebb441868f4c976e664833572c46
Homepage: https://www.libarchive.org/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/liba/libarchive/libarchive-tools_3.3.3-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 77168
MD5sum: a73a587dccb846f1f381e8805971ced9
SHA256: 878613ab54253d74030b3bd2edeac789a4997430d95192a2cc8675f2c364383a