How To Install bsdtar on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar on Rocky Linux 8. bsdtar is Manipulate tape archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bsdtar.

Install bsdtar on Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bsdtar

bsdtar Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bsdtar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/547c7ffa1bf714a4e1c6c472d3fd235b255507
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.