How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install tar on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall tar on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tar package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 880
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils, tar-scripts, tar-doc
Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38)
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26)
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 239980
MD5sum: e717dcc1b05d1eb193285691018c4b7a
SHA1: 57c63997e7dae8cb170f188a6dd5e8a6f3796ee2
SHA256: efc657dbf10bf0065b379d0607886a525327208fa4f93d9e65e1e95a8c12cc4a
SHA512: d20d27aa3ec543b547d87587d8d54756f591b43deec110ee5552a1d54bdd96870efa05e99c14482662aa7b6cc3fc3caafa414ddc764d482d44d8ba05bec57269
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30+dfsg-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 880
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils, tar-scripts, tar-doc
Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38)
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26)
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.30+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 240016
MD5sum: 5480cbe6972414abff195ecbdf2b9de5
SHA1: f8f6aa610006070f7e8a43fbfe2169a89a821ebd
SHA256: 557e72166cd4ea6163ac32529cd90f4500959cdb6614009fac156ce85def5b96
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal