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# Installing Tar-1.13.25

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.

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## Installation of Tar

Prepare Tar for compilation:

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

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

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## Contents of Tar

Installed programs: rmt and tar

## Short descriptions

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.

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