How To Install tar-split on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-split on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tar-split
tar-split is:
Pristinely disassembling a tar archive, and stashing needed raw bytes and offsets to reassemble a validating original archive.
Eventually this should detect TARs that this is not possible with.
For example stored sparse files that have “holes” in them, will be read as a contiguous file, though the archive contents may be recorded in sparse format. Therefore when adding the file payload to a reassembled tar, to achieve identical output, the file payload would need be precisely re-sparsified. This is not something I seek to fix immediately, but would rather have an alert that precise reassembly is not possible. (see more http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Sparse-Formats.html)
Other caveat, while tar archives support having multiple file entries for the same path, we will not support this feature. If there are more than one entries with the same path, expect an err (like ErrDuplicatePath) or a resulting tar stream that does not validate your original checksum/signature.
There are three methods to install tar-split 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-split 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-split using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tar-split
Install tar-split Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tar-split using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tar-split
Install tar-split 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-split using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tar-split
How To Uninstall tar-split on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tar-split package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tar-split
Uninstall tar-split And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tar-split and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tar-split
Remove tar-split Configurations and Data
To remove tar-split configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tar-split
Remove tar-split configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tar-split configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tar-split
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-split package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
