Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 5 Based Applications

Ark-23.08.0

Introduction to Ark

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

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Package Information

Ark Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.109.0 and libarchive-3.7.2

Recommended

cpio-2.14, p7zip-17.04, UnRar-6.2.12, UnZip-6.0, and Zip-3.0

Installation of Ark

Install Ark by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -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
Installed Libraries: libkerfuffle.so
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/lib/plugins/kerfuffle, $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/ark, and $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/ark

Short Descriptions

ark

is a KF5-based Archive Manager