Error: invalid option: --with-default-names

Question

This question is posted to explain why running the below command will generate errors as the command below (seen in many stackoverflow answers) is outdated.

Unable to install gnu-tar with command: brew install gnu-tar --with-default-names

Returns error: Error: invalid option: --with-default-names

Answer 1

Run: export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

This command instead allows gnu-tar to be found and run before bsutar

With default names has been removed.

Please see: https://discourse.brew.sh/t/why-was-with-default-names-removed/4405