How To Install tar-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-scripts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
