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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "tar-split" package

This tutorial shows how to install tar-split on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tar-split on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tar-split
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tar-split package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tar-split
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 3205
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: amd64
Source: golang-github-vbatts-tar-split
Version: 0.9.10-1
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-github-vbatts-tar-split/tar-split_0.9.10-1_amd64.deb
Size: 738544
MD5sum: b34350bc84260826cd881f346d2fe5a4
SHA1: 577b95d82ba043f851b4385ce80fa3fb011ade03
SHA256: 4135018bf78909831c9bd4728ee8379d3c50e4331eb7706d743f3553a35aaa10
Description-en: tar archive assembly/disassembly
Pristinely disassembling a tar archive, and stashing needed raw bytes and
offsets to reassemble a validating original archive.
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Eventually this should detect TARs that this is not possible with.
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For example stored sparse files that have "holes" in them, will be read as a
contiguous file, though the archive contents may be recorded in sparse format.
Therefore when adding the file payload to a reassembled tar, to achieve
identical output, the file payload would need be precisely re-sparsified. This
is not something I seek to fix imediately, but would rather have an alert that
precise reassembly is not possible. (see more
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Sparse-Formats.html)
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Other caveat, while tar archives support having multiple file entries for the
same path, we will not support this feature. If there are more than one entries
with the same path, expect an err (like ErrDuplicatePath) or a resulting tar
stream that does not validate your original checksum/signature.
Description-md5: 9a237a24042b7f6f1fd66cfd5752edeb
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.5.1-0ubuntu2), golang-codegangsta-cli (= 0.0~git20150117-3), golang-logrus (= 0.8.7-2)
Homepage: https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu