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# Installing Tar

## Installation of Tar

To be able to directly use bzip2 files with tar, use the tar patch available from the LFS FTP site. This patch will add the -y option to tar which works the same as the -z option to tar (which can be used for gzip files).

Apply the patch by running the following command:

> `cd src &&`
> `patch -i ../../gnutarpatch.txt &&`
> `cd ..`

Install Tar by running the following commands:

> `./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr --disable-nls \`
> `--libexecdir=$LFS/usr/bin --bindir=$LFS/bin &&`
> `make LDFLAGS=-static &&`
> `make install`

## Contents

The tar package contains the tar and rmt programs.

## Description

### tar

tar is an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tar file.

### rmt

rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection.

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