How To Install bsdtar on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar in Fedora 36. bsdtar is Manipulate tape archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar on Fedora 36.

What is bsdtar

The bsdtar package contains standalone bsdtar utility split off regular libarchive packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install bsdtar on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bsdtar.

Install bsdtar on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bsdtar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bsdtar

Install bsdtar on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bsdtar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bsdtar

How To Uninstall bsdtar on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bsdtar package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bsdtar

bsdtar Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bsdtar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/afa92478ae995d8ecff03af784f5400150e9a0
/usr/share/doc/bsdtar
/usr/share/doc/bsdtar/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bsdtar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bsdtar
/usr/share/licenses/bsdtar/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bsdtar.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).