libarchive-3.6.2

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 11.3 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.6.2/libarchive-3.6.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 72cbb3c085624c825f627bfc8f52ce53
Download size: 4.9 MB
Estimated disk space required: 41 MB (add 29 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (add 0.7 SBU for tests)

Install libarchive by running the following commands:

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

To test the results, issue: LC_ALL=C make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Remove an invalid entry in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc:

sed -i "s/iconv //" /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc

--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: bsdcat, bsdcpio, and bsdtar

Installed Libraries: libarchive.so

Installed Directories: None

bsdcat	expands files to standard output
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