How To Install bsdtar on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar on Debian 10.
What is bsdtar
bsdtar is:
The bsdtar program is the default system ’tar’ program used on FreeBSD. bsdtar uses the libarchive library as a backend which does all of the work for reading and writing archives in various formats.
This is a transitional package for the migration of the bsdtar tool to the libarchive-tools package.
There are three methods to install bsdtar on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bsdtar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdtar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdtar
Install bsdtar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdtar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdtar
Install bsdtar Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdtar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdtar
How To Uninstall bsdtar on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bsdtar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdtar
Uninstall bsdtar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdtar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdtar
Remove bsdtar Configurations and Data
To remove bsdtar configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdtar
Remove bsdtar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdtar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdtar
Dependencies
bsdtar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdtar package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
