Complete Guide: Installing bsdtar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 2024

1. Install "bsdtar" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bsdtar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bsdtar" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bsdtar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bsdtar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bsdtar package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: bsdtar
Architecture: all
Version: 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7
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: 29
Depends: libarchive-tools (>= 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7)
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdtar_3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7_all.deb
Size: 4252
MD5sum: 5e6c26e3d62baae2f7324014928eb91b
SHA1: 3cf3e3408aadadefc9fc442fdac31b683b127ae2
SHA256: 69b1a17633b39145a5daeadd4cc405e0fc96c1a8b73a328ce708474361e55cb1
SHA512: e9e28e3ae9184480d51cd0509dc9086d5ca9118d6df8afcb42c84a45796433535f6d2dbb95c3d45286c14852558c30aff895f30ae36111dd56899bf2d21dbe0c
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description: transitional dummy package for moving bsdtar to libarchive-tools
Description-md5: 74b38cb72c3d7fd4cf1c23df80a00577

Package: bsdtar
Architecture: all
Version: 3.2.2-3.1
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: 28
Depends: libarchive-tools (>= 3.2.2-3.1)
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdtar_3.2.2-3.1_all.deb
Size: 4156
MD5sum: 1fc01c028740d475d3e1cc420d5b5d2b
SHA1: 7d0ab8b5fdf711ae371f2204eab58b3bc6a3fc27
SHA256: c1166488bcc9961fb6136ccf96433d04d7609966cbeb3807315b0decde602352
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description: transitional dummy package for moving bsdtar to libarchive-tools
Description-md5: 74b38cb72c3d7fd4cf1c23df80a00577