ar

Create, modify, and extract from Unix archives. Typically used for static libraries (.a) and Debian packages (.deb). See also: tar. More information: <https://manned.org/ar>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/ar.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install binutils-i586-linux-gnu
Ubuntu
apt-get install binutils-2.26
Alpine
apk add binutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu
CentOS
yum install binutils
Fedora
dnf install binutils-arc-linux-gnu
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install binutils-2.26
OS X
brew install binutils
Raspbian
apt-get install binutils-multiarch
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/ar
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/ar ar powered by Commando

Create, modify, and extract from Unix archives. Typically used for static libraries (.a) and Debian packages (.deb). See also: tar. More information: <https://manned.org/ar>.

  • E[x]tract all members from an archive:
    ar x path/to/file.a
  • Lis[t] contents in a specific archive:
    ar t path/to/file.ar
  • [r]eplace or add specific files to an archive:
    ar r path/to/file.deb path/to/debian-binary path/to/control.tar.gz path/to/data.tar.xz ...
  • In[s]ert an object file index (equivalent to using `ranlib`):
    ar s path/to/file.a
  • Create an archive with specific files and an accompanying object file index:
    ar rs path/to/file.a path/to/file1.o path/to/file2.o ...

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