How To Install dar on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Ubuntu 20.04. dar is Disk ARchive

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dar

dar is:

Full featured archiver with support for differential backups, slices, compression, ATTR/ACL support. DAR also supports Pipes for remote operations, including with ssh.

There are three methods to install dar on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dar

Install dar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dar

Install dar 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dar

How To Uninstall dar on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dar

Uninstall dar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dar

Remove dar Configurations and Data

To remove dar configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dar

Remove dar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.