How To Install dar-static on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar-static on Debian 9.
What is dar-static
dar-static is:
Full featured archiver with support for differential backups, slices, compression, ATTR/ACL support. DAR also supports Pipes for remote operations, including with ssh.
This package contains the static binary, dar_static.
There are three methods to install dar-static on Debian 9. 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-static 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-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dar-static
Install dar-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dar-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dar-static
Install dar-static 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-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dar-static
How To Uninstall dar-static on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dar-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dar-static
Uninstall dar-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dar-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dar-static
Remove dar-static Configurations and Data
To remove dar-static configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dar-static
Remove dar-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dar-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dar-static
Dependencies
dar-static have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar-static package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.