How to Install and Uninstall dar Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "dar" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dar on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall dar on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dar package on Kali Linux

Package: dar
Source: dar (2.7.13-2)
Version: 2.7.13-2+b1
Installed-Size: 1992
Maintainer: John Goerzen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libdar64-6000 (= 2.7.13-2+b1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1)
Suggests: par2, dar-docs
Size: 644192
SHA256: 7442d4df197d53adb6b4cab585159c447760efd668e594d8c424201bde76b603
SHA1: ddcc8b6ee362b427d9db21a48d6a8f973cab80df
MD5sum: 13ef57068daa4f81260af3568ef10140
Description: Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files
Full featured archiver with support for differential backups, slices,
compression, ATTR/ACL support. DAR also supports Pipes for remote
operations, including with ssh.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://dar.linux.free.fr/
Tag: admin::backup, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::storing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dar/dar_2.7.13-2+b1_amd64.deb