Information about the package, tar, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tar package is designed for, A GNU file archiving program.
Package Name:
tar
Summary:
A GNU file archiving program
Description:
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive. Tar can also be used to add supplemental files to an archive and to update or list files in the archive. Tar includes multivolume support, automatic archive compression/decompression, the ability to perform remote archives, and the ability to perform incremental and full backups. If you want to use tar for remote backups, you also need to install the rmt package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.23
Release:
15.el6_8
Size:
2.5 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the tar package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tar
This command will install tar on the server.
yum remove tar
This command will un-install tar on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tar
This command will un-install tar on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tar when using the -y flag.
yum update tar
This command will update tar to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tar
This command will update tar to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tar when using the -y flag.
yum info tar
This command will show you core information about the tar package.
yum deplist tar
This command will show you the dependencies for tar. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update tar
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tar. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.