How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install tar on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Learn how to uninstall tar on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Janos Lenart
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 960
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)
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 294964
MD5sum: ee006298d64ce97240387e8783f2ada6
SHA1: f3e8a555013672c4a849318d298cba4f4c3b6819
SHA256: 151e3a61137aeb04cd714656852877a00d47d918246806f9e5b08d1cef32b816
SHA512: 24220526a47279d111a84d70710b87eec09ddc6d2b0211416e72a5240482fb524dc7f3d4d6720904a4dfbb22cabd784c49a7ba565e04318cbbe2678811177dd6
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal, server-minimal

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.34+dfsg-1build3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Janos Lenart
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 956
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)
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.34+dfsg-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 294890
MD5sum: 17404f7ff3a169067e480e6674e7b1d9
SHA1: 2fedbfb9513b203219269459646dd6b18973b535
SHA256: d6e4ef9e5793a271764209047ebb78970404b035fd1490cb513302744cfe9a25
SHA512: 699477fad44eac1d64c1b783fc9ded2294ba038f86208a5680eff729534d0cd878339820847781d54b250efa151678ed33a277a7d40cd0dd512d4714d4806e01
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal, server-minimal