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Downloading Tarsnap

Debian-based (including Ubuntu and Mint)

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Use one of our deb packages, either as a pre-compiled binary, or compiling the source package.
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Redhat-based Linux (including Fedora and CentOS)

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • A number of users have created Tarsnap packages in the unofficial "fedora copr" repository. To install one of these packages, run:
    dnf copr enable DEVELNAME/tarsnap
    yum install tarsnap
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Gentoo Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the Gentoo package repository. You may install it with:
    emerge tarsnap
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

SUSE and openSUSE Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the SuSE package repository. That website provides options for easy package installation.
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Arch Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the "community" Arch package repository. If you have this repository enabled, you may install the package with:
    pacman -S tarsnap
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Slackware Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the unofficial "slackbuilds" package repository. It can be installed by downloading the relevant tarball from that website, and following the SlackBuild Usage HOWTO.
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

NixOS Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the unofficial NixOS package repository. It can be installed with
    nix-env -iA nixos.tarsnap
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Void Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the XBPS package repository for Void Linux. It can be installed with
    git clone https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git
    cd void-packages
    echo XBPS_ALLOW_RESTRICTED=yes >> etc/conf
    ./xbps-src pkg tarsnap
    su
    xi tarsnap
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Other Linux

To install Tarsnap:

  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

There might be Tarsnap packages available for other Linux distributions; if you are aware of any, please let us know.

FreeBSD

There are three methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Install the package:
    pkg install tarsnap
  • Compile and install the port:
    cd /usr/ports/sysutils/tarsnap/ && make install clean
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

NetBSD

There are three methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Install a binary package:
    echo ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES=tarsnap-license >> /etc/pkg_install.conf
    pkg_add tarsnap
  • Build and install from the pkgsrc tree:
    echo ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=tarsnap-license >> /etc/mk.conf
    cd /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/tarsnap && make install clean clean-depends
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

OpenBSD

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

  • Tarsnap is included in the port system as sysutils/tarsnap. To install it,
    cd /usr/ports/sysutils/tarsnap && make install clean
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

macOS

There are two methods of installing Tarsnap:

  • Use a package manager: macOS does not include an official package manager, but a number of open-source package managers have been created. Tarsnap is currently available on:
  • Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer in the 64-bit version of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 for running some Linux binaries. It currently allows users to install Ubuntu, SUSE, and openSUSE userland. There are three ways of methods of installing Tarsnap:

  • Ubuntu within WSL: use one of our deb packages, either as a pre-compiled binary, or compiling the source package.
  • SUSE or openSUSE within WSL, Tarsnap is included in the SuSE package repository. That website provides options for easy package installation.
  • Any distribution: compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.

Source code

To install Tarsnap from source code:

  1. Download:
  2. Proceed to the compiling page.

Other Tarsnap source code

  • Old releases are available for historical and diagnostic purposes, but we strongly recommend that people use the latest official tarball.
  • The Tarsnap git repository is on github; developers may wish to watch changes in progress or investigate bugs.