How To Install tar-scripts on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-scripts on Kali Linux. tar-scripts is optional scripts for GNU version of the tar archiving utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-scripts on Kali Linux.

What is tar-scripts

tar-scripts is:

This package provides the backup, restore, backup.sh, and dump-remind scripts that are mentioned in the tar documentation.

There are three methods to install tar-scripts 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 tar-scripts Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tar-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tar-scripts

Install tar-scripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tar-scripts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tar-scripts

Install tar-scripts 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 tar-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tar-scripts

How To Uninstall tar-scripts on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tar-scripts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tar-scripts

Uninstall tar-scripts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tar-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tar-scripts

Remove tar-scripts Configurations and Data

To remove tar-scripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tar-scripts

Remove tar-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tar-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tar-scripts

Dependencies

tar-scripts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-scripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.