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# Installing Tar-1.13.25

    Estimated build time:           0.2 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  6 MB

## Contents of Tar

(Last checked against version 1.13.)

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

Tar installs the following:

### Program Files

rmt and tar

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## Tar Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.13.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: basename, cat, chmod, echo, expr, install, ls, mv, rm,
sleep, tr, uname
Diffutils: cmp
Gawk: gawk
GCC: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Gettext: msgfmt, xgettext
Glibc: getconf
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Net-tools: hostname
Patch: patch
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info, makeinfo

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## Installation of Tar

Prepare Tar for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
        --libexecdir=/usr/bin

Compile the package:

    make

This package has a testsuite 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

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