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 Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package provides the ability to create tar archives as well as perform various other kinds of archive manipulation. Tar can be used on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored. </para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&tar-fin-sbu;</seg> <seg>&tar-fin-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar Prepare Tar for compilation: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 \ ./configure --prefix=/usr The meaning of the configure option: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 This forces the test for mknod to be run as root. It is generally considered dangerous to run this test as the root user, but as it is being run on a system that has only been partially built, overriding it is OK. Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check One test, capabilities: binary store/restore, is known to fail if it is run (LFS lacks selinux), but will be skipped if the host kernel does not support extended attributes on the filesystem used for building LFS. Install the package: make install make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version; Contents of Tar Installed programs Installed directory tar /usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version; Short Descriptions tar Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs tar