How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall tar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.29b-2ubuntu0.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 868
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
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_1.29b-2ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 234032
MD5sum: 9ca75737d69ce113f355652f0875b296
SHA1: 0e3825ddbcfd7191c298217ec2d3db6da2e0a9e0
SHA256: 83b7ee71eb936c983b912267e0289ba3ae7458e29c3e5162696c25de65adb1c2
SHA512: 8ebbc6888423f05b60d49648dfe819623f7250152114a181d96097daa3e901e50618545f967737605cb4a892e4d3a409f87a7084fe1bfcb2c500de0da4c48e93
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.29b-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 864
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
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_1.29b-2_amd64.deb
Size: 233214
MD5sum: 1a79aae12fec612591d61474e03b7533
SHA1: 7b0890ca91d9cd74e00320e61c306cf32f67c21f
SHA256: 3c7d61b38fe021a35b0c5b7681a9f1beef59b25133aac05dd418c91e9d37ffa4
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y