How To Install star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install star.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. star.x86_64 is An archiving tool with ACL support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `star.x86_64`

Star saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive. Star supports ACL.

We can use yum to install star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install star.x86_64.

Install star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install star.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install star.x86_64

How To Uninstall star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the star.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove star.x86_64

star.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/star
/usr/bin/ustar
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.2
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.3
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.3.1
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.4
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.5
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/AN-1.5.2
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/CDDL.Schily.txt
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/README
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/star-1.5.2/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/star.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ustar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/star.5.gz

References

star.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install star.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.