How to Install and Uninstall libarchive-tools Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libarchive-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libarchive-tools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libarchive-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libarchive-tools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libarchive-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libarchive-tools package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libarchive-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.7.2-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: libarchive
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 241
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.7.2-1ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.38)
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/libarchive-tools_3.7.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 72296
MD5sum: 2cca505539bda279ffe6c99f17c74df1
SHA1: dbfa0da120b69d06e43aa5ab485d0a34bad21962
SHA256: 19321f48fbf63c715938f0b358f7d3fdf77ea4da5e044495ec71e535bed927f8
SHA512: 024cd5446e9293541e09688584b5155fcbcd7e02f476751c6d237ea27f6d202373415b71f51d3a3a9f90a6d8958810351457f5688a6433916290cb95cd54453c
Homepage: https://www.libarchive.org/
Description: FreeBSD implementations of 'tar' and 'cpio' and other archive tools
Description-md5: 04bbebb441868f4c976e664833572c46