Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-20

Chapter 12. System Utilities

libarchive-3.0.3

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-7.1 platform.

Package Information

libarchive Dependencies

Optional

libxml2-2.7.8 or expat-2.1.0, OpenSSL-1.0.1a, nettle-2.4 and acl-2.2.51

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

Installation of libarchive

Install libarchive by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This option prevents building the static archive versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: bsdcpio and bsdtar
Installed Libraries: libarchive.so
Installed Directories: none

Short Descriptions

bsdcpio

is a tool similar to cpio.

bsdtar

is a tool similar to GNU tar.

Last updated on 2012-04-19 16:45:13 +0000