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

Last updated: May 04,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tar" package

Please follow the guidance below to install tar on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall tar 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 tar package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: tar
Version: 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 3144
Maintainer: Janos Lenart
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
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_1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 836288
MD5sum: 2778ee13125dd948e3840af6ee5d9a83
SHA256: 24fb92e98c2969171f81a8b589263d705f6b1670f95d121cd74c810d4605acc3