How To Install libtar on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtar on CentOS 7. libtar is Tar file manipulation API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtar on CentOS 7.

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 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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtar.

Install libtar on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libtar

Install libtar on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libtar

How To Uninstall libtar on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libtar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtar on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.