%general-entities; ]> Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Tar installation depends on</segtitle> <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar Prepare Tar for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Now install the package: make install Contents of Tar Installed programs rmt and tar Short descriptions rmt rmt is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection. tar tar is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.