# gtar not working

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**Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [February 8, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000 "2018-02-08T08:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![akshaysblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@akshaysblue](https://forums.suse.com/u/akshaysblue)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000/1 "2018-02-08T08:45:59Z")

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How do i install gtar in suse linux?

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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000/2 "2018-02-08T09:23:53Z")

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> [@akshaysblue;50937](#):
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> How do i install gtar in suse linux?

Have you tried “zypper in tar” ?

Thomas

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**Author:** ![akshaysblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@akshaysblue](https://forums.suse.com/u/akshaysblue)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000/3 "2018-02-08T10:35:00Z")

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Hi Thomas

zypper in tar is working fine.  
But i am look specifically for gtar package.  
When i do zypper in gtar , its showing No provider of ‘gtar’ found.

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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000/4 "2018-02-08T11:55:17Z")

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[QUOTE=akshaysblue;50940]Hi Thomas

zypper in tar is working fine.  
But i am look specifically for gtar package.  
When i do zypper in gtar , its showing No provider of ‘gtar’ found.[/QUOTE]

gtar seem to be a solaris package, it’s basically the same as tar on linux, if not can you explain what the difference is?

Thomas

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**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gtar-not-working/32000/5 "2018-02-08T13:06:21Z")

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On 08/02/18 10:04, thsundel wrote:  
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> gtar seem to be a solaris package, it’s basically the same as tar on  
> linux, if not can you explain what the difference is?[/color]

In addition to Thomas’ answer (gtar = GNU tar) I’ve seen a reference to  
..gtar files so perhaps you’re wanting to extract from a gzipped tar  
file? If so, you can use tar with -z option.

## HTH.

Simon  
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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