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Update TAR
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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:
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Get Current Version
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.
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Update tar
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