Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 11. System Utilities

libarchive-2.8.5

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-7.0 platform.

Package Information

libarchive Dependencies

Optional

libxml2-2.7.8 or expat-2.0.1

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

Installation of libarchive

Install libarchive by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: bsdtar and bsdcpio
Installed Library: libarchive.{so,a}
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

bsdtar

is a tool similar to GNU tar.

bsdcpio

is a tool similar to cpio.

Last updated on 2011-10-31 19:38:44 +0000