Tarsnap - Download

Downloading Tarsnap

Please select your operating system:

Linux:
BSD:
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
macOS
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Alternately, you may use our platform-independent:

Source code (platform-neutral)

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.
This is the recommended method.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This method is likely of interest to "truly paranoid" users who want to manually verify all checksums, read the source code carefully (at least the parts related to encryption and one's unencrypted data), and compile it herself. We encourage this level of paranoia!

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
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

Gentoo Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

Tarsnap is included in the Gentoo package repository. You may install it with:
```
emerge tarsnap
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

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.
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

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
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

Alpine Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

Tarsnap is included in the Alpine package repository. You may install it with:
```
apk add tarsnap
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

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.
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

NixOS Linux

There are two methods of getting Tarsnap:

Tarsnap is included in the unofficial NixOS package repository.
The package can also be found on the NixOS package search, but that website does not provide a method of linking to a specific package.
It can be installed with
```
nix-env -iA nixos.tarsnap
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package.

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
```
This is the recommended method.

Compile and install the port:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/tarsnap/ && make install clean

Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This method is likely of interest to "truly paranoid" users who want to manually verify all checksums, read the source code carefully (at least the parts related to encryption and one's unencrypted data), and compile it herself. We encourage this level of paranoia!

NetBSD

There are three methods of getting Tarsnap:

Install a binary package:
```
echo ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES=tarsnap-license >> /etc/pkg_install.conf
```
```
pkg_add tarsnap
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined this package and cannot vouch for its correctness or security.
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
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined this port and cannot vouch for its correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party package or port.

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
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined this port and cannot vouch for its correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party port.

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:
- Homebrew Tarsnap port. To install it,
```
brew install tarsnap
```
- MacPorts Tarsnap port. To install it,
```
sudo port install tarsnap
```
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these ports and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This option is officially supported by Tarsnap Backup Inc., and is only slightly more complicated than using a third-party port.

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.
This is the recommended method for Ubuntu within WSL.
SUSE or openSUSE within WSL, Tarsnap is included in the SuSE package repository. That website provides options for easy package installation.
Tarsnap Backup Inc. has not examined these packages and cannot vouch for their correctness or security.
Any distribution: compile the generic source code, without any packaging tools.
This method is likely of interest to "truly paranoid" users who want to manually verify all checksums, read the source code carefully (at least the parts related to encryption and one's unencrypted data), and compile it herself. We encourage this level of paranoia!

Source code

To install Tarsnap from source code:

Download:
- tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.39.tgz: the official release tarball.
- tarsnap-sigs-1.0.39.asc: signed SHA256 hash file for 1.0.39.
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.
Due to usual "software development in flux" issues, we do not recommend using code from the github repository for everyday use.