How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Learn how to install tar on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tar on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tar package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4
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: 884
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), 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_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 239740
MD5sum: 31b04f17e9efe7a5e6c3a0e56d591476
SHA1: 7e24d67612aa0a5d087c763e96f6372ff029a22d
SHA256: 7387a202f0c71a5638c9514f854f2efd9809e24fa5212d1c7227b02bd06be5ec
SHA512: c7ee2ce230afc60cba7484c5bce31f7588b6179a0ba8022d41ba5e7d0c88f9c1b676c1ba16824d7badde6e524498ced6232722b70feae1c78697457f4e34d803
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30+dfsg-7
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: 880
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), 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_1.30+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 240016
MD5sum: 5480cbe6972414abff195ecbdf2b9de5
SHA1: f8f6aa610006070f7e8a43fbfe2169a89a821ebd
SHA256: 557e72166cd4ea6163ac32529cd90f4500959cdb6614009fac156ce85def5b96
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal