Yet another free cool tool for archiving files, is tar. I’m going to stick to the title itself and show you how to install tar on Amazon Linux 2.
Prerequisites
- Amazon Linux 2
- sudo privileges
Install tar on Amazon Linux 2
Step 1. Update system packages.
sudo yum update
Step 2. Install tar.
sudo yum install tar
Step 3. Verify installation.
tar --version
Output:
tar (GNU tar) 1.26
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Conclusion
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