Dar is an archiving tool that is used to create backups and archives of files and directories. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Dar on Kali Linux Latest.
Before you start installing Dar, you need to update your Kali Linux system. You can use the following command to update your system.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Dar requires some packages to be installed on your system. You can install these packages using the following command.
sudo apt-get install libacl1-dev libacl1 libssl-dev zlib1g-dev zlib1g liblzma-dev liblzma5
Visit the official website of Dar using the following URL: http://dar.linux.free.fr/. You can download the latest version of Dar from the official website.
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dar/dar/2.6.15/dar-2.6.15.tar.gz
After downloading the Dar tarball, you need to extract it using the following command.
tar xvf dar-2.6.15.tar.gz
Go to the extracted directory and run the following commands to compile and install Dar.
cd dar-2.6.15/
./configure
make
sudo make install
This will compile and install Dar on your Kali Linux system.
In this tutorial, we have discussed how to install Dar on Kali Linux Latest. After installing Dar, you can use it to create backups and archives of your files and directories.
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