glfs/general/sysutils/libarchive.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libarchive-download-http "http://github.com/downloads/libarchive/libarchive/libarchive-&libarchive-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libarchive-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libarchive-md5sum        "af443ca9a10ddbcbf00f7ae34ca7fc16">
  <!ENTITY libarchive-size          "3.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY libarchive-buildsize     "39 MB">
  <!ENTITY libarchive-time          "0.5 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libarchive" xreflabel="libarchive-&libarchive-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libarchive.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libarchive-&libarchive-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libarchive">
    <primary sortas="a-libarchive">libarchive</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libarchive</title>

    <para>The <application>libarchive</application> library provides a single interface for
    reading/writing various compression formats.</para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libarchive-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libarchive-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &libarchive-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &libarchive-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &libarchive-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &libarchive-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

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    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/libarchive-&libarchive-version;-fixes-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libarchive Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
    <xref linkend="libxml2"/> or
    <xref linkend="expat"/>,
    <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
    <xref linkend="nettle"/> and
    <xref linkend="acl"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libarchive"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libarchive</title>

    <para>Install <application>libarchive</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

    <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This option prevents building the
    static archive versions of the libraries.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>bsdcpio and bsdtar</seg>
        <seg>libarchive.so</seg>
        <seg>none</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="bsdcpio">
        <term><command>bsdcpio</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a tool similar to <command>cpio</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libarchive bsdcpio">
            <primary sortas="b-bsdcpio">bsdcpio</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry id="bsdtar">
        <term><command>bsdtar</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a tool similar to GNU <command>tar</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libarchive bsdtar">
            <primary sortas="b-bsdtar">bsdtar</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>