How to Install and Uninstall xar.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "xar.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install xar.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                xar.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xar.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xar.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                xar.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xar.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:44 ago on Mon Sep 12 10:27:18 2022.
Available Packages
Name : xar
Version : 1.8.0.417.1
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 71 k
Source : xar-1.8.0.417.1-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : The eXtensible ARchiver
URL : https://opensource.apple.com/source/xar
License : BSD
Description : The XAR project aims to provide an easily extensible archive format. Important
: design decisions include an easily extensible XML table of contents for random
: access to archived files, storing the toc at the beginning of the archive to
: allow for efficient handling of streamed archives, the ability to handle files
: of arbitrarily large sizes, the ability to choose independent encodings for
: individual files in the archive, the ability to store checksums for individual
: files in both compressed and uncompressed form, and the ability to query the
: table of content's rich meta-data.