# libtar mit Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libtar in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:libtar ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libtar ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libtar ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/libtar/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libtar ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtar from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#libtar ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libtar/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libtar ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: libtar from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libtar ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtar from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libtar-dev ``` Evidenz: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtar-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:libtar - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.2.20 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** C library for manipulating POSIX tar files - **Homepage:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - libtar (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 1.2.20 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung libtar is a small C library for manipulating POSIX tar archives. Its history is thinly documented, but the maintained source page identifies it as a Mark Roth project kept alive through a maintenance repository for packagers and downstream users. ### Projektgeschichte The package is associated with Mark Roth and the University of Illinois era of late-1990s and early-2000s Unix utility code. The repo.or.cz project page describes the hosted tree as a maintenance repository for libtar, temporarily run by Chris Frey until Mark Roth resumed development. The maintained repository shifted the project from tarball-style upstream releases toward tagged source snapshots. The page explicitly says no tarball releases would be done from that maintenance repo and directs users to grab tagged sources instead. ### Adoptionsgeschichte libtar's adoption is mostly downstream and infrastructural rather than user-facing. The input metadata shows packaging in Homebrew, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE families, which matches its niche as a C library that other software can link when it needs tar archive operations without invoking the tar command. ### Wie es verwendet wird The library is used by C programs that need to read, write, append, or extract tar archives through an API. Its appeal is that it gives applications direct archive manipulation while preserving familiar POSIX tar semantics. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren libtar is package-nerd glue: a small C dependency that exists so build systems and applications do not need to shell out or vendor tar handling. Its repo.or.cz maintenance status also illustrates a common packaging reality: useful libraries can outlive their original release process because distributions still need a canonical source. ### Zeitleiste - 1998-2003: Copyright ranges in downstream source copies identify the original Mark Roth and University of Illinois development period. - 2013: The repo.or.cz maintenance repository records libtar 1.2.20 and a short burst of portability and correctness fixes. - 2013: The maintained repository states that tagged source snapshots, rather than new tarball releases from that tree, are the distribution path. ### Related projects - GNU tar and libarchive occupy adjacent archive-handling territory; libtar is narrower, with a C API focused on tar files. ### Quellen - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - libtar: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libtar/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libtar-dev - 1.2.20-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtar-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C library for manipulating tar archives (development files) | http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git - Ubuntu apt - libtar0t64 - 1.2.20-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtar0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C library for manipulating tar archives | http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git - dnf - libtar - 1.2.20-36.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtar from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tar file manipulation API | http://repo.or.cz/libtar.git - dnf - libtar-devel - 1.2.20-36.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtar-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libtar | http://repo.or.cz/libtar.git - pacman - libtar - 1.2.20-8: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libtar from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | C library for manipulating POSIX tar files | https://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git - zypper - libtar - 1.2.20-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtar from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tar file manipulation API | http://www.feep.net/libtar/ - zypper - libtar-devel - 1.2.20-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtar-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libtar | http://www.feep.net/libtar/ - zypper - libtar1 - 1.2.20-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtar1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Shared library for libtar | http://www.feep.net/libtar/ - MacPorts - libtar: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/libtar/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libtar.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libtar.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph