How to update tar?

kilgoretrout · 11-25-2018, 08:48 AM

FYI, I run kubuntu 18.04 and tar is still not up to v1.30:

Code:

$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.29
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

pan64 · 11-25-2018, 10:51 AM

actually you could download the tar package from 18.04, unpack it and use without installation. At least you could try.