How To Install dar on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Kali Linux. dar is Disk ARchive

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dar

Remove dar Configurations and Data

To remove dar configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.