The libarchive library provides a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats.
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.6.2/libarchive-3.6.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 72cbb3c085624c825f627bfc8f52ce53
Download size: 4.9 MB
Estimated disk space required: 41 MB (add 29 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (add 0.7 SBU for tests)
libxml2-2.10.4, LZO-2.10, and Nettle-3.8.1
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/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
Remove an invalid entry in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc:
sed -i "s/iconv //" /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
--disable-static: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--without-xml2: This switch sets expat
for xar archive format support instead of preferred libxml2 if both
packages are installed.
--without-nettle: This switch sets
OpenSSL for crypto support instead of preferred Nettle if both
packages are installed.