How to install Dar on OpenBSD

Dar is a command line tool to backup and create archives. Here are the steps to install Dar on an OpenBSD system.

System Requirements

Before proceeding, ensure that the system meets the following requirements:

• OpenBSD running on the device
• Internet connectivity
• Root user access or sudo privileges

Installing Dependencies

Dar requires a couple of dependencies to be installed on the system. In this case, the required dependencies are bzip2 and zlib. They can be installed by running:

pkg_add bzip2 zlib

Downloading Dar

To download Dar, use the command ftp to retrieve the source code from the Dar official website. Run the following command to download:

ftp http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dar/dar/2.6.13/dar-2.6.13.tar.gz

Extracting Dar

Extract the downloaded archive using tar -xvf command as follows:

tar -xvf dar-2.6.13.tar.gz

Compiling and Installing Dar

Move to the extracted dar-2.6.13 directory, configure and make Dar executable.

cd dar-2.6.13
./configure
make
make install

After running the make install command, Dar will be installed and you can verify by using the following command:

dar -V

This will display the version of Dar installed, confirming that the installation was successful.

Conclusion

Dar is now installed and ready for use. You can start using the command line tool to create backups and archives.