How To Install tardy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tardy on Kali Linux. tardy is post-processor for tar command

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tardy on Kali Linux.

What is tardy

tardy is:

tardy alters the characteristics of files in a tar(1) archive. It can change the files’ owner, change the files’ group, add a prefix to the files’ paths, and change the files’ protections.

There are three methods to install tardy 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 tardy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tardy

Install tardy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tardy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tardy

Install tardy 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 tardy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tardy

How To Uninstall tardy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tardy

Uninstall tardy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tardy

Remove tardy Configurations and Data

To remove tardy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tardy

Remove tardy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tardy

Dependencies

tardy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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