Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.2-106

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libarchive-3.7.4

Introduction to libarchive

The libarchive library provides a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats.

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Package Information

libarchive Dependencies

Recommended

libxml2-2.13.3

Optional

LZO-2.10, Nettle-3.10, and pcre2-10.44

Installation of libarchive

Install libarchive by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static --without-expat &&
make

To test the results, issue: LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--without-expat: This switch disables using expat for xar format support. Due to a bug the xar reader will loop infinitely if expat is used. The upstream prefers libxml2 for xar support anyway.

--without-nettle: This switch sets OpenSSL for crypto support instead of preferred Nettle if both packages are installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: bsdcat, bsdcpio, bsdtar, and bsdunzip
Installed Libraries: libarchive.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

bsdcat

expands files to standard output

bsdcpio

is a tool similar to cpio

bsdtar

is a tool similar to GNU tar

bsdunzip

is a tool similar to Info-ZIP unzip

libarchive.so

is a library that can create and read several streaming archive formats