How to Install and Uninstall dar Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "dar" package

This tutorial shows how to install dar on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                dar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dar" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dar on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the dar package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package dar:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : dar
Version : 2.7.13-2.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.1 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : dar-2.7.13-2.2.src
Upstream URL : https://dar.sourceforge.io/
Summary : Backup and Restore Application
Description :
Dar (Disk Archive) is a hardware-independent backup solution. Dar uses
catalogs (unlike tar),which it makes it possible to extract a single
file without having to read the entire archive. It is also possible to
create incremental backups. Dar archives can also be created or used
with the libdar library (for example, with KDar, a KDE application).
This package contains the command line tools and documentation.