The Tar package contains an archiving program.
Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU Required disk space: 10 MB |
Official download location for Tar (1.13.25):
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
For its installation Tar depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.
Prepare Tar for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
--libexecdir=/usr/sbin
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Compile the package:
make |
This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:
make check |
And install the package:
make install |
Installed programs: rmt and tar
rmt is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection.
tar is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.