The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive. Tar can also be used to add supplemental files to an archive and to update or list files in the archive. Tar includes multivolume support, automatic archive compression/decompression, the ability to perform remote archives, and the ability to perform incremental and full backups.
If you want to use tar for remote backups, you also need to install the rmt package on the remote box.
If you want to use tar for remote backups, you also need to install the rmt package on the remote box.
Original maintainer | Bdale Garbee |
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Homepage | http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ |
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Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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![]() | xz | 1.32-3 | 2019-11-18 | 742 kiB | 2.83 MiB | Evangelos Foutras |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.26-35.el7 | 2020-01-07 | 846 kiB | 2.71 MiB | CentOS BuildSystem |
![]() | deb | 1.30+dfsg-6 | 2019-06-17 | 762 kiB | 2.82 MiB | Bdale Garbee |
![]() | deb | 1.29b-1.1 | 2017-11-10 | 742 kiB | 2.71 MiB | Bdale Garbee |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-3.fc28 | 2019-01-14 | 837 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-3.fc28 | 2019-01-14 | 837 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-3.fc28 | 2019-01-14 | 837 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.30-6.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 805 kiB | 2.77 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-1.fc30 | 2019-06-17 | 863 kiB | 3.15 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-1.fc30 | 2019-06-17 | 863 kiB | 3.15 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-1.fc30 | 2019-06-17 | 863 kiB | 3.15 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-1.fc30 | 2019-06-17 | 863 kiB | 3.15 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-1.fc30 | 2019-06-17 | 863 kiB | 3.15 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-2.fc31 | 2020-01-07 | 887 kiB | 2.99 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-2.fc31 | 2020-01-07 | 887 kiB | 2.99 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-4.fc32 | Feb 08 | 887 kiB | 2.98 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-4.fc32 | Feb 08 | 887 kiB | 2.98 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2:1.32-2.fc31 | 2019-08-03 | 887 kiB | 2.99 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | xz | 1.32-1 | 2019-03-12 | 744 kiB | 2.83 MiB | Sébastien Luttringer |
![]() | xz | 1.32-1 | 2019-03-02 | 744 kiB | 2.83 MiB | Sébastien Luttringer |
![]() | xz | 1.32-1 | 2019-02-26 | 744 kiB | 2.83 MiB | Sébastien Luttringer |
![]() | rpm | 1.29-lp150.1.12 | 2019-01-17 | 208 kiB | 454 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.30-lp150.7.1 | 2019-06-17 | 217 kiB | 471 kiB | http://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.30-lp150.2.3.2 | 2019-01-18 | 216 kiB | 471 kiB | http://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.30-lp151.1.3 | 2019-01-23 | 216 kiB | 471 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.30-lp152.3.4 | 2020-01-07 | 209 kiB | 471 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.27.1-14.3 | 2019-01-17 | 493 kiB | 1.15 MiB | http://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.27.1-15.3.1 | 2019-01-21 | 494 kiB | 1.15 MiB | http://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.32-2.1 | Feb 11 | 235 kiB | 527 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | deb | 1.29b-2 | 2017-11-10 | 228 kiB | 864 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.29b-2 | 2017-11-10 | 228 kiB | 864 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.29b-2ubuntu0.1 | 2019-01-30 | 228 kiB | 868 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.30+dfsg-2 | 2019-01-14 | 235 kiB | 884 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.30+dfsg-5 | 2019-02-05 | 237 kiB | 884 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.30+dfsg-6 | 2019-06-17 | 237 kiB | 884 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.30+dfsg-7 | Mar 25 | 234 kiB | 880 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.28-2.1 | 2017-11-10 | 204 kiB | 804 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 | 2017-11-10 | 204 kiB | 804 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 | 2017-11-10 | 204 kiB | 804 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
tar(1)
tar - an archiving utility
tarcat(1)
tarcat - concatenates the pieces of a GNU tar multi-volume archive
rmt(8)
rmt - remote magnetic tape server
rmt-tar(8)
rmt - remote magnetic tape server
Latest updates

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/main: Version 1.30+dfsg-7 removed
Mar 25

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/main: Updated from 1.30+dfsg-6 to 1.30+dfsg-7
Mar 25
- remove libattr1-dev build-dep, as we no longer use it, closes: #953902

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/main: Version 1.30+dfsg-7 introduced
Mar 24
- remove libattr1-dev build-dep, as we no longer use it, closes: #953902

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss: Updated from 1.32-1.2 to 1.32-2.1
Feb 11
- No longer recommend -lang: supplements are in use.

Fedora rawhide development/Server-os: Updated from 2:1.32-2.fc31 to 2:1.32-4.fc32
Feb 08
- Skip the test if genfile is unable to create

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 2:1.32-2.fc31 to 2:1.32-4.fc32
Feb 08
- Skip the test if genfile is unable to create

Fedora 31 releases/Server-os: Version 2:1.32-2.fc31 introduced
2020-01-07

Fedora 31 releases/Everything-os: Version 2:1.32-2.fc31 introduced
2020-01-07

OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 oss: Version 1.30-lp152.3.4 introduced
2020-01-07
- add tar-1.30-CVE-2018-20482.patch to fix a security issue where tar when "--sparse" option is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process [bsc#1120610] [CVE-2018-20482]
- add tar-1.30-CVE-2019-9923.patch to fix a security issue where pax_decode_header in sparse.c in tar had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers [bsc#1130496] [CVE-2019-9923]

CentOS 7.7.1908 os: Version 2:1.26-35.el7 introduced
2020-01-07
- fix --keep-directory-restore (rhbz#1513946)

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/main: Version 1.30+dfsg-6 introduced
2020-01-07

Arch rolling testing/os: Version 1.32-3 removed
2019-11-18

Arch rolling core/os: Updated from 1.32-2 to 1.32-3
2019-11-18

Arch rolling testing/os: Version 1.32-3 introduced
2019-11-14

Arch rolling staging/os: Version 1.32-3 removed
2019-11-14

Arch rolling staging/os: Version 1.32-3 introduced
2019-11-13

Arch rolling testing/os: Version 1.32-2 removed
2019-10-08

Arch rolling core/os: Updated from 1.32-1 to 1.32-2
2019-10-08

Arch rolling testing/os: Version 1.32-2 introduced
2019-10-06

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 reintroduced
2019-10-02
- SECURITY UPDATE: extract pathname bypass
- debian/patches/CVE-2016-6321.patch: skip members whose names contain ".." in src/extract.c.
- CVE-2016-6321
Related packages
tar-backup-scripts - Backup scripts
tar-debuginfo - Debug information for package tar
tar-debugsource - Debug sources for package tar
tar-doc - documentation for the tar package
tar-lang - Translations for package tar
tar-rmt - Remote tape drive control server by GNU
tar-rmt-debuginfo - Debug information for package tar-rmt
tar-scripts - optional scripts for GNU version of the tar archiving utility
tar-split - tar archive assembly/disassembly
tar-tests - Tests for the package
tar-tests-debuginfo - Debug information for package tar-tests