How To Install libtar on Fedora 34

libtar is Tar file manipulation API Tar file manipulation API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtar on Fedora 34.

What is libtar

libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions. libtar 1.2.20 21.fc34 x86_64 38 k libtar-1.2.20-21.fc34.src.rpm fedora Tar file manipulation API http MIT libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtar on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtar.

Install libtar on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libtar

Install libtar on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install libtar

How To Uninstall libtar on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libtar

libtar Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/libtar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/f31b73b63f8931855e6c1a2e0463dd20866600
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/979ebdf58fd431cccb02be9707421d15021ce6
/usr/lib/libtar.so.1
/usr/lib/libtar.so.1.2.20
/usr/share/doc/libtar
/usr/share/doc/libtar/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/libtar/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtar/ChangeLog-1.0.x
/usr/share/doc/libtar/README
/usr/share/doc/libtar/TODO
/usr/bin/libtar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/eeef2b9226cab3bd5e099ce9b1f038f0d39dd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/e9851f69eca41b952d9fab1428796aa2624378
/usr/lib64/libtar.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtar.so.1.2.20
/usr/share/doc/libtar
/usr/share/doc/libtar/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/libtar/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtar/ChangeLog-1.0.x
/usr/share/doc/libtar/README
/usr/share/doc/libtar/TODO

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtar on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.