# Tar

title: Update TAR label: Update TAR order: 100 authors:

• name: Charl Cronje email: charl@webally.co.za link: https://blog.webally.co.za avatar: https://assets.webally.co.za/avatars/darker.jpg edit: repo: "https://github.com/charlpcronje/setup.docs.devserv.me/edit/" base: /src branch: main label: Edit on GitHub editor: enabled: false favicon: favicon.png links:
• text: Projects Portfolio link: https://webally.co.za/projects
• text: Wiki, Tips and Docs link: https://docs.webally.co.zao.za
• text: Resume link: https://cv.webally.co.za
• text: LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlpcronje
• text: GitHub link: https://github.com/charlpcronje
• text: Upwork Profile link: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01ccb1439024ec9c50 footer: copyright: "webAlly © Copyright . All rights reserved."---

The version of tar that comes it CentOS 7 has a few security updates so it is important to update tar before continuing to setup your server, it is very simple:

You cam have a look at your version of tar like this

tar --version

# Output
# tar (GNU tar) 1.26
# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
# This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

sudo yum update tar

# Output
# Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
# * base: mirror.web-ster.com
# * epel: mirrors.kernel.org
# * extras: repo1.sea.innoscale.net
# * updates: mirror.web-ster.com
# No packages marked for update