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-11.0 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.5.2/libarchive-3.5.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 2ba9f1f8c169aa9caf8e2d34dde323be
Download size: 4.7 MB
Estimated disk space required: 40 MB (add 28 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (add 1.0 SBU for tests)
libxml2-2.9.12, LZO-2.10, and Nettle-3.7.3
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
--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.
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