How to Install and Uninstall libtar0 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libtar0 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libtar0" package

This is a short guide on how to install libtar0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtar0
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtar0" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libtar0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 libtar0 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libtar0
Source: libtar (1.2.20-8)
Version: 1.2.20-8+b1
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libtar
Provides: libtar
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: libtar
Description: C library for manipulating tar archives
Description-md5: 6264c3df27815242c44262bae8ad6df0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libt/libtar/libtar0_1.2.20-8+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 24080
MD5sum: e8ce58bd24ef678e50c830ae8a76e38a
SHA256: 89f01cc1e548d89ab6f70ca852fdf91ef81a85ce0b540e572fc85aa69c3f0fe7