How to Install and Uninstall tar Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "tar" package

Please follow the instructions below to install tar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall tar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2
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: 804
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils, tar-scripts
Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38)
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26)
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 208868
MD5sum: e890a48de01a08730ab783bef9781e0f
SHA1: 1d74b2adb728632aef7afe552f61b78b9e91d439
SHA256: 046cc8ea4f63c9eb87522e884e4e45399fbad5c3aeacf4ab79b2ace20400efab
SHA512: 15a929df4d4d67977e2d008639c68ac28173e9e10aaa274d21fb6849074bba925dde91cdb7542f2113e59874462050e9e479e52df1fbb8e85c4120b86f11af24
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
Supported: 5y

Package: tar
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 804
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.28-2.1
Replaces: cpio (<< 2.4.2-39)
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: bzip2, ncompress, xz-utils, tar-scripts
Conflicts: cpio (<= 2.4.2-38)
Breaks: dpkg-dev (<< 1.14.26)
Filename: pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.28-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 208682
MD5sum: 4c7f7e7d5ce0bf0f42031117874c715e
SHA1: 47cb2a311d6cff151c67a6ce832c8a07b584025a
SHA256: 076bdbd95a6d0a6d7f684f96c4c21cc7204bed22aa7187f3173d855f2cfa4641
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal