libarchive-3.1.2

Introduction to libarchive

The libarchive library provides a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Install libarchive by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--without-xml2: This switch sets expat for xar archive format support instead of preferred libxml2 if both packages are installed.

--without-nettle: This switch sets OpenSSL for crypto support instead of preferred Nettle if both packages are installed.

Installed Programs: bsdcpio and bsdtar

Installed Libraries: libarchive.so

Installed Directories: None

bsdcpio	is a tool similar to cpio.
bsdtar	is a tool similar to GNU tar.
`libarchive.so`	is a library that can create and read several streaming archive formats.

Last updated on 2014-08-23 10:08:59 -0700