How to Install dar software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install dar software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

dar software package provides Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install dar 

dar is installed in your system.

Make ensure the dar package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dar *

You will get with dar package name, version, architecture and description in a table

dar package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package dar
Version 2.4.8-1ubuntu1
Description Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove dar software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?