How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install tar on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall tar on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


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

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.35+dfsg-3
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: 708
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.38), 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_1.35+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 253466
MD5sum: 4dde73e3c677a8bc363efbaca4d64ff8
SHA1: 0b52b0992be7d5f74491859bddacb6a7119b145e
SHA256: 2fa676173c0076f59e423bd82d2ac00eba7c51fa1ae8903f09b88270b1c560ba
SHA512: 4a9fe87cea306069312a0f658b63d93ed1c36cccfe40100ab74e17310d980ccaa710a66fca0321c4a0a7825dc00814eef663ab0397bc2ad12d9dc2d57f284ebb
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: cloud-minimal, minimal, server-minimal