%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libarchive-&libarchive-version; libarchive Introduction to libarchive The libarchive library provides a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats. &lfs10_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libarchive-md5sum; Download size: &libarchive-size; Estimated disk space required: &libarchive-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libarchive-time; libarchive Dependencies Optional , , and User Notes: Installation of libarchive 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 Command Explanations : This switch sets expat for xar archive format support instead of preferred libxml2 if both packages are installed. : This switch sets OpenSSL for crypto support instead of preferred Nettle if both packages are installed. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories bsdcat, bsdcpio, and bsdtar libarchive.so None Short Descriptions bsdcat expands files to standard output. bsdcat bsdcpio is a tool similar to cpio. bsdcpio bsdtar is a tool similar to GNU tar. bsdtar libarchive.so is a library that can create and read several streaming archive formats. libarchive.so