Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-split on Kali Linux.
What is tar-split
tar-split is:
Pristinely disassembling a tar archive, and stashing needed raw bytes and
offsets to reassemble a validating original archive.
Eventually this should detect TARs that this is not possible with.
For example stored sparse files that have “holes” in them, will be read as a
contiguous file, though the archive contents may be recorded in sparse format.
Therefore when adding the file payload to a reassembled tar, to achieve
identical output, the file payload would need be precisely re-sparsified. This
is not something I seek to fix immediately, but would rather have an alert that
precise reassembly is not possible. (see more
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Sparse-Formats.html)
Other caveat, while tar archives support having multiple file entries for the
same path, we will not support this feature. If there are more than one entries
with the same path, expect an err (like ErrDuplicatePath) or a resulting tar
stream that does not validate your original checksum/signature.
There are three methods to install tar-split on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tar-split Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tar-split using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tar-splitInstall tar-split Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tar-split using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tar-splitInstall tar-split Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tar-split using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tar-split
How To Uninstall tar-split on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tar-split package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tar-split
Uninstall tar-split And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tar-split and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tar-split
Remove tar-split Configurations and Data
To remove tar-split configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tar-split
Remove tar-split configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tar-split configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tar-split
Dependencies
tar-split have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tar-split package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
