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libarchive Library to create and read several streaming archive formats
3.8.11,1 archivers Σ=34 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 3.8.8,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: glewis@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2004-03-24 17:34:03
Last Update: 2026-11-02 07:06:14
Commit Hash: ec84925
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://libarchive.org/
Description: #
Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants and the POSIX cpio format.
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Manual pages: #
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libarchive-3.8.11,1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libarchive-3.8.11,1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libarchive-3.8.11,1/BSD2CLAUSE
  5. bin/bsdcat
  6. bin/bsdcpio
  7. bin/bsdtar
  8. bin/bsdunzip
  9. include/archive.h
  10. include/archive_entry.h
  11. lib/libarchive.so
  12. lib/libarchive.so.13
  13. lib/libarchive.so.13.8.11
  14. libdata/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
  15. share/man/man1/bsdcat.1.gz
  16. share/man/man1/bsdcpio.1.gz
  17. share/man/man1/bsdtar.1.gz
  18. share/man/man1/bsdunzip.1.gz
  19. share/man/man3/archive_entry.3.gz
  20. share/man/man3/archive_entry_acl.3.gz
  21. share/man/man3/archive_entry_linkify.3.gz
  22. share/man/man3/archive_entry_misc.3.gz
  23. share/man/man3/archive_entry_paths.3.gz
  24. share/man/man3/archive_entry_perms.3.gz
  25. share/man/man3/archive_entry_stat.3.gz
  26. share/man/man3/archive_entry_time.3.gz
  27. share/man/man3/archive_read.3.gz
  28. share/man/man3/archive_read_add_passphrase.3.gz
  29. share/man/man3/archive_read_data.3.gz
  30. share/man/man3/archive_read_disk.3.gz
  31. share/man/man3/archive_read_extract.3.gz
  32. share/man/man3/archive_read_filter.3.gz
  33. share/man/man3/archive_read_format.3.gz
  34. share/man/man3/archive_read_free.3.gz
  35. share/man/man3/archive_read_header.3.gz
  36. share/man/man3/archive_read_new.3.gz
  37. share/man/man3/archive_read_open.3.gz
  38. share/man/man3/archive_read_set_options.3.gz
  39. share/man/man3/archive_util.3.gz
  40. share/man/man3/archive_write.3.gz
  41. share/man/man3/archive_write_blocksize.3.gz
  42. share/man/man3/archive_write_data.3.gz
  43. share/man/man3/archive_write_disk.3.gz
  44. share/man/man3/archive_write_filter.3.gz
  45. share/man/man3/archive_write_finish_entry.3.gz
  46. share/man/man3/archive_write_format.3.gz
  47. share/man/man3/archive_write_free.3.gz
  48. share/man/man3/archive_write_header.3.gz
  49. share/man/man3/archive_write_new.3.gz
  50. share/man/man3/archive_write_open.3.gz
  51. share/man/man3/archive_write_set_options.3.gz
  52. share/man/man3/archive_write_set_passphrase.3.gz
  53. share/man/man3/libarchive.3.gz
  54. share/man/man3/libarchive_changes.3.gz
  55. share/man/man3/libarchive_internals.3.gz
  56. share/man/man5/cpio.5.gz
  57. share/man/man5/libarchive-formats.5.gz
  58. share/man/man5/mtree.5.gz
  59. share/man/man5/tar.5.gz
  60. @owner
  61. @group
  62. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • libarchive>0:archivers/libarchive
  • For LIB depends:
    • libarchive.so:archivers/libarchive
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/archivers/libarchive/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install archivers/libarchive
  • pkg install libarchive
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libarchive
Flavors: #
there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1793448256 SHA256 (libarchive-3.8.11.tar.xz) = a3dc0872b1b39da34dc18ef1b944f0f11ffd37425d70ae04be679279f1cf43d2 SIZE (libarchive-3.8.11.tar.xz) = 6754236

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
libarchive
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest3.8.8,13.8.8,13.6.2,13.8.1,13.8.8,1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.8.8,13.8.8,1-3.8.1,13.8.8,1
FreeBSD:15:latest3.8.8,13.8.8,1n/a3.8.1,1n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly3.8.8,13.8.8,1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest3.8.8,13.8.8,1n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Library dependencies: #
  1. liblz4.so : archivers/liblz4
  2. libzstd.so : archivers/zstd
  3. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
  4. libiconv.so : converters/libiconv
This port is required by: #
for Build #
  1. archivers/py-extractcode
  2. graphics/vips
  3. net/samba416
  4. net/samba419
  5. net/samba420
  6. net/samba422
  7. net/samba423
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  2. net/samba424
  3. net/samba425
  4. science/v_sim
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  1. net/samba4-devel*
  2. net/samba410*
  3. net/samba411*
  4. net/samba412*
  5. net/samba413*
  6. net/samba42*
  7. net/samba43*
  8. net/samba44*
  9. net/samba45*
  10. net/samba46*
  11. net/samba47*
  12. net/samba48*
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for Libraries #
  1. archivers/ark
  2. archivers/file-roller
  3. archivers/gnome-autoar
  4. archivers/pixz
  5. archivers/rpm4
  6. archivers/rubygem-libarchive
  7. archivers/unmakeself
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  2. astro/opencpn
  3. audio/ardour
  4. audio/cardinal
  5. audio/fooyin
  6. audio/guitarix-lv2
  7. audio/hydrogen
  8. cad/horizon-eda
  9. deskutils/pinot
  10. devel/appstream-glib
  11. devel/cmake-gui
  12. devel/hs-ghcup
  13. devel/libtifiles2
  14. devel/qtcreator
  15. devel/zeal
  16. emulators/cemu
  17. emulators/fceux
  18. emulators/nemu
  19. emulators/nestopia
  20. filesystems/archivemount
  21. filesystems/gvfs
  22. filesystems/hfsfuse
  23. games/lordsawar
  24. games/meandmyshadow
  25. games/melonds
  26. graphics/akira
  27. graphics/atril
  28. graphics/atril-lite
  29. graphics/evince
  30. graphics/filmulator
  31. graphics/geeqie
  32. graphics/gimp3-app
  33. graphics/glaxnimate
  34. graphics/libgxps
  35. graphics/libresprite
  36. graphics/minder
  37. graphics/papers
  38. graphics/photoqt
  39. graphics/pqiv
  40. graphics/tesseract
  41. graphics/vips
  42. graphics/xreader
  43. irc/epic5
  44. irc/zoitechat
  45. lang/swipl
  46. mail/claws-mail-archive
  47. mail/evolution
  48. mail/rspamd
  49. math/scilab
  50. misc/far2l
  51. misc/mc6
  52. multimedia/ccextractor
  53. multimedia/emby-server
  54. multimedia/lms
  55. multimedia/mlt7-glaxnimate
  56. multimedia/mpv
  57. multimedia/qmmp-qt5
  58. multimedia/qmmp-qt6
  59. multimedia/totem-pl-parser
  60. multimedia/vlc
  61. net/dpdk
  62. net/grilo-plugins
  63. net-mgmt/seafile-client
  64. ports-mgmt/appstream-generator
  65. science/avogadro2
  66. science/avogadrolibs
  67. sysutils/ftwin
  68. sysutils/fwup
  69. sysutils/fwupd
  70. sysutils/nix
  71. sysutils/osinfo-db-tools
  72. sysutils/pacman
  73. sysutils/rdup
  74. textproc/libgepub
  75. www/epiphany
  76. www/midori
  77. x11/albert
  78. x11/gnome-pie
  79. x11-fonts/font-manager
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. archivers/ark-devel*
  2. archivers/ark-kde4*
  3. audio/ardour5*
  4. audio/ardour6*
  5. audio/nuvolaplayer*
  6. databases/glom*
  7. deskutils/gnome-epub-thumbnailer*
  8. deskutils/osmo*
  9. devel/gvfs*
  10. emulators/pcsxr*
  11. emulators/qmc2*
  12. graphics/evince-lite*
  13. lang/swi-pl*
  14. lang/yap-devel*
  15. mail/claws-mail-archiver*
  16. multimedia/kodi-addon-vfs.libarchive-devel*
  17. multimedia/mpv034*
  18. multimedia/qmmp*
  19. net-mgmt/seafile*
  20. net-mgmt/seafile-server*
  21. polish/kadu*
  22. sysutils/apache-mesos*
  23. sysutils/archivemount*
  24. textproc/libextractor*
  25. www/mod_musicindex*
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for Run #
  1. archivers/py-extractcode
  2. net/samba416
  3. net/samba419
  4. net/samba420
  5. net/samba422
  6. net/samba423
  7. net/samba424
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  2. net/samba425
  3. science/v_sim
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. net/samba4-devel*
  2. net/samba410*
  3. net/samba411*
  4. net/samba412*
  5. net/samba413*
  6. net/samba42*
  7. net/samba43*
  8. net/samba44*
  9. net/samba45*
  10. net/samba46*
  11. net/samba47*
  12. net/samba48*
  13. textproc/scancode-toolkit*
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Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for libarchive-3.8.11,1: LZ4=on: LZ4 compression support LZO=off: LZO compression support ZSTD=on: Zstandard compression support ====> Crypto and hashing support: you can only select none or one of them OPENSSL=on: SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL NETTLE=off: Crypto support via Nettle ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
archivers_libarchive
USES: #
cpe gnome iconv:wchar_t libtool localbase:ldflags pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz ssl
pkg-message: #
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.8.11/
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