How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install tar on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall tar on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1
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: 888
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.17), 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_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 242236
MD5sum: 6eda5c33acfcc8d81258f0eb3a48ecbe
SHA1: a63224b5d39c15713a3fab041d8ccc3b6f011e35
SHA256: 42e84f830f53574eae40098bdafef15013676185b0af4b679aa0aadb2960f6f0
SHA512: 0f27b87c4775cfc59e6166a8c111f89582c1391ddfda027c97c3cdb3f48c5d9b2c0eea03f86b6260a8a4e782f294ebf9cebf1e204cecafd7ecd4915f73775647
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description-en: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Tar is a program for packaging a set of files as a single archive in tar
format. The function it performs is conceptually similar to cpio, and to
things like PKZIP in the DOS world. It is heavily used by the Debian package
management system, and is useful for performing system backups and exchanging
sets of files with others.
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
SHA512: 9e1145fd728bd66a6011e29875e9b1ed2af025584c3ca483bd9835abf4aea3c080c7a5af8837974ede179cf4235a29f45e0b6f77acad0036ada427d839ac119a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Description-en: GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Tar is a program for packaging a set of files as a single archive in tar
format. The function it performs is conceptually similar to cpio, and to
things like PKZIP in the DOS world. It is heavily used by the Debian package
management system, and is useful for performing system backups and exchanging
sets of files with others.
Description-md5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb
Task: minimal