How to Install and Uninstall libtar-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libtar-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libtar-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtar-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtar-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libtar-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libtar-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libtar-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libtar-dev
Source: libtar (1.2.20-8)
Version: 1.2.20-8+b1
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtar0 (= 1.2.20-8+b1)
Size: 43120
SHA256: 1531cc1e3d4acfca1a49198a74f9f523b48f26b5ebfdc94cd5f3c27f42063a92
SHA1: 187c074df5237464626f7f8a25f8ab98cfc0a938
MD5sum: e7fb41e551f4d0fe1d7b4cd7359d5b99
Description: C library for manipulating tar archives (development files)
Contains static library, headers, example code and development manpages
for libtar
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libt/libtar/libtar-dev_1.2.20-8+b1_amd64.deb