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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "tar" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "tar" package

Learn how to uninstall tar on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: tar
Version: 1.30+dfsg-6
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 2884
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils, tar-scripts, tar-doc
Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38)
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26)
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Tag: admin::backup, admin::file-distribution, devel::packaging,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::storing, works-with-format::tar,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.30+dfsg-6_amd64.deb
Size: 779872
MD5sum: 75b7393fd4eaa44b5135791430e74588
SHA256: 8afffcf03195b06b0345a81b307d662fb9419c5795e238ccc5b36eceea3ec22f