cpio-2.15

Introduction to cpio

The cpio package contains tools for archiving.

[Note]

Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 3394d444ca1905ea56c94b628b706a0b

  • Download size: 1.6 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 21 MB (with tests and docs)

  • Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (with tests and docs)

CPIO Dependencies

Optional

texlive-20240312 (or install-tl-unx)

Installation of cpio

Install cpio by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-mt   \
            --with-rmt=/usr/libexec/rmt &&
make &&
makeinfo --html            -o doc/html      doc/cpio.texi &&
makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/cpio.html doc/cpio.texi &&
makeinfo --plaintext       -o doc/cpio.txt  doc/cpio.texi

If you have texlive-20240312 installed and wish to create PDF or Postscript documentation, issue one or both of the following commands:

make -C doc pdf &&
make -C doc ps

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15/html &&
install -v -m644    doc/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15/html &&
install -v -m644    doc/cpio.{html,txt} \
                    /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15

If you built PDF or Postscript documentation, install it by issuing the following commands as the root user:

install -v -m644 doc/cpio.{pdf,ps,dvi} \
                 /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15

Command Explanations

--enable-mt: This parameter forces the building and installation of the mt program.

--with-rmt=/usr/libexec/rmt: This parameter inhibits building the rmt program as it is already installed by the Tar package in LFS.

Contents

Installed Programs: cpio and mt
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15

Short Descriptions

cpio

copies files to and from archives

mt

controls magnetic tape drive operations