How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Learn how to install tar on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall tar on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: tar
Version: 1.34+dfsg-1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 3152
Maintainer: Janos Lenart
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.28), 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_amd64.deb
Size: 846756
MD5sum: 483cd0fa2cc7139193af5fdfb9e1d7c1
SHA256: bd8e963c6edcf1c806df97cd73560794c347aa94b9aaaf3b88eea585bb2d2f3c