How to Install Dar on Windows 10

Dar is an open source command-line utility for creating and managing backups on Linux platforms. It is a popular tool for creating compressed archives of files and directories. In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install Dar on a Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:

A Windows 10 machine with administrative privileges
An internet connection
A terminal emulator for running command-line commands

Step 1: Download and Install Cygwin

Cygwin provides a Unix-like environment on Windows, including a terminal emulator and a collection of Linux tools. To install Dar on Windows, we need first to install Cygwin as follows:

Download the setup-x86_64.exe or setup-x86.exe file from the Cygwin website.
Run the downloaded file as an administrator.
In the Cygwin Setup window, click Next until you reach the Select Packages page.
Search for cygwin32-gcc-g++, libbz2-devel, libssl-devel, and libncursesw-devel packages and select them.
Click Next until the installation begins.
When prompted, select Install from Internet option.
Once the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the installer.

Step 2: Download and Install Dar

With Cygwin installed, we can now download and install Dar as follows:

Open a terminal emulator in Windows, such as Cygwin Terminal.

Type the following command to download the Dar source code:

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

Extract the source code .tar.gz file using the following command:
```
tar -xzf dar-2.6.13.tar.gz
```
Change into the extracted directory using the following command:
```
cd dar-2.6.13
```
Configure and compile the Dar source code using the following command:
```
./configure && make
```
Install the Dar executable file to the /usr/local/bin directory using the following command:
```
sudo make install
```

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To verify that Dar was installed successfully on Windows, run the following command:

dar

This command should display the Dar version and other usage instructions, indicating that the installation was successful.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Dar on a Windows 10 machine with the help of Cygwin. You can now use Dar to create and manage backups of your files and directories on your Windows machine.