/usr/ia64-linux-gnu/bin/ar is in binutils-ia64-linux-gnu 2.30-15ubuntu1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/ia64-linux-gnu/bin/../../bin/ia64-linux-gnu-ar
/usr/ia64-linux-gnu/bin/../../bin/ia64-linux-gnu-ar