Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.3-489

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 5 Based Applications

Ark-22.12.2

Introduction to Ark

The Ark package is a KF5 archive tool. It is a graphical front end to tar and similar tools.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

Ark Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.103.0 and libarchive-3.6.2

Recommended

cpio-2.14, p7zip-17.04, UnRar-6.2.6, UnZip-6.0, and Zip-3.0

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/ark5

Installation of Ark

Install Ark by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
      -Wno-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: ark
Installed Libraries: libkerfuffle.so
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/lib/plugins/kerfuffle, $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/ark, and $KF5_PREFIX/share/kxmlgui5/ark

Short Descriptions

ark

is a KF5-based Archive Manager