Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-875

Chapter 41. Other X-based Programs

xarchiver-0.5.4.23

Introduction to xarchiver

XArchiver is a GTK+ archive manager with support for tar, xz, bzip2, gzip, zip, 7z, rar, lzo and many other archive formats.

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xarchiver is only a command line or graphical interface to archiving utilities such as tar and zip.

Package Information

xarchiver Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.43

Optional (Runtime)

cpio-2.15, LZO-2.10, p7zip-17.04, UnRar-7.1.2, UnZip-6.0, and Zip-3.0

Installation of xarchiver

Install xarchiver by running the following commands: 

./configure  --prefix=/usr               \
             --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xarchiver-0.5.4.23 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install
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This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and desktop files into the /usr/share/applications hierarchy. You can improve system performance and memory usage by updating /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme and /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. To perform the update you must have GTK+-3.24.43 installed (for the icon cache) and desktop-file-utils-0.28 (for the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the root user: 

gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q

Command Explanations

--libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4: This switch fixes the location for the thunar-archive-plugin, so it will work if thunar-4.20.0 is installed.

Contents

Installed Program: xarchiver
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/xfce4/thunar-archive-plugin, /usr/share/doc/xarchiver-0.5.4.23, and /usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver

Short Descriptions

xarchiver

is a GTK+ archive manager