How To Install dar on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Debian 11.
What is dar
dar is:
Full featured archiver with support for differential backups, slices, compression, ATTR/ACL support. DAR also supports Pipes for remote operations, including with ssh.
There are three methods to install dar on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dar
Install dar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dar
Install dar 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 dar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dar
How To Uninstall dar on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dar
Uninstall dar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dar
Remove dar Configurations and Data
To remove dar configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dar
Remove dar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dar
Dependencies
dar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
