The “root directory” is the filesystem’s top-level directory that you want to archive.
#Dar disk archive archive
Now you need to enter the archive name and you can choose your choice of name but recommended one is descriptive you can see this in the following screen Let the wizard take you step-by-step through the archiving process. To create an archive, select “Archive->Create” (at bottom of menu).
![dar disk archive dar disk archive](https://dargui.sourceforge.io/logo.png)
The Toolbar gives you one-click access to many of KDar’s features, and you can configure it to your liking by right-clicking on it. The Menubar allows you to open and create archives, operate on them, and get information about KDar. Once it opens the complete application you should see the following screen this is kdar main screen.Below the titlebar are KDar’s Menubar and Toolbar. If that directory you choose doesn’t exist it will create for you select yes Now you need to define where you want to archive directory and click ok Here if you want to use KDE Wallet to store your password enable this otherwise click on finish Once it opens you should see the following screen here select basic setup and click on next This will complete the installation now if you want to open the application go to Applications->Accessories->KDar
#Dar disk archive update
Now you need to update the source list using the following command Once this finished the installation you need to remove the line we have added in /etc/apt/sources.list for dapper save the file and exit
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#Dar disk archive install
Install libdar3c2a from dapper packages using the following command Now update the souce list using the following command You can edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file You can also use the following procedure when you do this you need to be very careful what you are doing. If you are seeing the above error you need to download libdar3c2a from dapper packages and install this package.
![dar disk archive dar disk archive](https://scr.wfcdn.de/21314/Sony-Optical-Disc-Archive-Gen-3-1574434908-1-11.jpg)
Kdar: Depends: libdar3c2a but it is not installable E: Broken packages The following packages have unmet dependencies. When you try to install kdar you will get the following error KDar can perform differential backups, which means that it can quickly store the differences between a recent full backup and the current state of your data.KDar now supports strong encryption based on the blowfish algorithm. DAR is somewhat analogous to the “tape archiver” shell command “tar”, but is better suited for backups onto disk-based media, such as CD-R’s, DVDs,Jazz, Zip, other hard-drives, etc. Kdar is GUI for dar.KDar is the “KDE Disk archiver”, a disk-based archiving and backup utility.KDar is built around the “disk archive library” by Denis Corbin, and is similar in function to his “DAR” program. Dar also has external GUI like kdar for Linux,thanks to the well documented API. It can now run commands between slices, encrypt archives, and quickly retrieve individual files from differential and full backups.
![dar disk archive dar disk archive](https://www.mocasoft.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hard-Disk-Sentinel-v5.61-Standard-Edition.jpg)
Its features include splitting archives over several files, CDs, ZIPs, or floppies, compression, full or differential backups, strong encryption, proper saving and restoration of hard links and extended attributes, remote backup using pipes and external command (such as ssh), and rearrangement of the “slices” of an existing archive. Dar is a shell command that makes backup of a directory tree and files.