Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.0

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 5 Based Applications

Ark-16.12.2

Introduction to Ark

The Ark package is a KF5 archive tool. It is a graphical front end to tar and similar tools.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0 platform.

Package Information

Ark Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.31.0 and libarchive-3.2.2

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/ark5

Installation of Ark

Install Ark by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib              \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
      -Wno-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: ark and arkprofile
Installed Libraries: libkdeinit5_ark.so and libarkprivate.so
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/ark, $KF5_PREFIX/share/ark, and $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/ark

Short Descriptions

ark

is an X terminal emulation which provides a command-line interface.

arkprofile

is a command-line tool to change the current tab's profile options.

Last updated on 2017-02-20 15:49:32 -0800