Dar is a backup and archiving utility that allows users to create and manage compressed archives. It is a command-line program that is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Dar on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before you begin with the installation process, you need to make sure that the following requirements are met:
First, we need to update the package repository to ensure that we have the latest version of Dar available. To do that, open a Terminal window and type the following command:
sudo apk update
To install the Dar package, run the following command:
sudo apk add dar
This command will download and install the Dar package along with its dependencies.
To verify that Dar has been installed successfully, run the following command:
dar -V
This command will display the version number of Dar that has been installed on your system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Dar on Alpine Linux Latest. Now you can start using Dar to create and manage compressed archives on your system.
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