How To Install dar-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dar-docs
dar-docs is:
Full featured archiver with support for differential backups, slices, compression, ATTR/ACL support. DAR also supports Pipes for remote operations, including with ssh.
This package contains the documentation and example files.
There are three methods to install dar-docs 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 dar-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dar-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dar-docs
Install dar-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dar-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dar-docs
Install dar-docs 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 dar-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dar-docs
How To Uninstall dar-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dar-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dar-docs
Uninstall dar-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dar-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dar-docs
Remove dar-docs Configurations and Data
To remove dar-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dar-docs
Remove dar-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dar-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dar-docs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dar-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
