Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU Estimated required disk space: 6 MB |
(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:
rmt and tar
(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
Prepare Tar for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
--libexecdir=/usr/bin |
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 |