I think tar is default in freebsd 12. There is gtar-1.32
*** 64-bit OS ***
*** that being said, this should be a FreeBSD 7, 8, 9, 11, or 12 system. ***
* Installing pre-install packages ....
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'tar' have been found in the repositories
*
when
root@atlas:~ # whereis tar
tar: /usr/bin/tar /usr/share/man/man1/tar.1.gz
It's already there by default. So it seems we don't need it.
*** 64-bit OS ***
*** that being said, this should be a FreeBSD 7, 8, 9, 11, or 12 system. ***
* Installing pre-install packages ....
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
pkg: No packages available to install matching 'tar' have been found in the repositories
*
when
root@atlas:~ # whereis tar
tar: /usr/bin/tar /usr/share/man/man1/tar.1.gz
It's already there by default. So it seems we don't need it.