How to Install and Uninstall libarchive-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libarchive-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libarchive-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                libarchive-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libarchive-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libarchive-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libarchive-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libarchive-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libarchive
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1580
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/liba/libarchive/libarchive-dev_3.2.1-2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 465384
MD5sum: bfc25ce9ea5971834c0d608f11322281
SHA1: a92d3dd052771b6d14309c0fdb11b2e32aeaa567
SHA256: 174f76ee38e84dbf71ad26526c9d50a2c1d8b823a1a51494eff0d8c5446b9cad
SHA512: fa2d1dd36dcbd4faf2f59d384ab9fe93d6437d1cc014534a3cbfec6403714fa3fdd6d472e1e69fa4c813b982d1f5ac6680a4bc1e911addbac5fc78dcb64d1829
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description-en: Multi-format archive and compression library (development files)
The libarchive library provides a flexible interface for reading and writing
archives in various formats such as tar and cpio. libarchive also supports
reading and writing archives compressed using various compression filters such
as gzip and bzip2. The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers serially
iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the archive.
.
Archive formats supported are:
.
* tar (read and write, including GNU extensions)
* pax (read and write, including GNU and star extensions)
* cpio (read and write, including odc and newc variants)
* iso9660 (read and write, including Joliet and Rockridge extensions, with
some limitations)
* zip (read only, with some limitations, uses zlib)
* mtree (read and write)
* shar (write only)
* ar (read and write, including BSD and GNU/SysV variants)
* empty (read only; in particular, note that no other format will accept an
empty file)
* raw (read only)
* xar (read only)
* rar (read only, with some limitations)
* 7zip (read and write, with some limitations)
.
Filters supported are:
.
* gzip (read and write, uses zlib)
* bzip2 (read and write, uses bzlib)
* compress (read and write, uses an internal implementation)
* uudecode (read only)
* separate command-line compressors with fixed-signature auto-detection
* xz and lzma (read and write using liblzma)
.
This package provides the files necessary for development with libarchive.
Description-md5: 4fedaf2f347af4287edce946b56ba586
Supported: 5y

Package: libarchive-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libarchive
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1393
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8)
Breaks: libarchive1 (<< 2.8.5-3)
Replaces: libarchive1 (<< 2.8.5-3)
Filename: pool/main/liba/libarchive/libarchive-dev_3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8_amd64.deb
Size: 425070
MD5sum: 6946e097bdd918b68de3624b538b16d0
SHA1: e20482ea25d3151b57dcfbf52f5fa1b3c141485e
SHA256: c13760c468bf8ad5877bff00d285c14056b7a6a8f432cea81002e4ad1ec246e9
SHA512: 60268f629633df0b579a8fcb22e7decea092a7e1c5dc8f26a7b2676e4df9da4a38566d5d0fba56d62781ac0edd803211269ce67390efae949a7ac56303e21d1b
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Description-en: Multi-format archive and compression library (development files)
The libarchive library provides a flexible interface for reading and writing
archives in various formats such as tar and cpio. libarchive also supports
reading and writing archives compressed using various compression filters such
as gzip and bzip2. The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers serially
iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the archive.
.
Archive formats supported are:
.
* tar (read and write, including GNU extensions)
* pax (read and write, including GNU and star extensions)
* cpio (read and write, including odc and newc variants)
* iso9660 (read and write, including Joliet and Rockridge extensions, with
some limitations)
* zip (read only, with some limitations, uses zlib)
* mtree (read and write)
* shar (write only)
* ar (read and write, including BSD and GNU/SysV variants)
* empty (read only; in particular, note that no other format will accept an
empty file)
* raw (read only)
* xar (read only)
* rar (read only, with some limitations)
* 7zip (read and write, with some limitations)
.
Filters supported are:
.
* gzip (read and write, uses zlib)
* bzip2 (read and write, uses bzlib)
* compress (read and write, uses an internal implementation)
* uudecode (read only)
* separate command-line compressors with fixed-signature auto-detection
* xz and lzma (read and write using liblzma)
.
This package provides the files necessary for development with libarchive.
Description-md5: 4fedaf2f347af4287edce946b56ba586
Supported: 5y

Package: libarchive-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 1427
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libarchive Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libarchive
Version: 3.1.2-11build1
Replaces: libarchive1 (<< 2.8.5-3)
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.1.2-11build1)
Breaks: libarchive1 (<< 2.8.5-3)
Filename: pool/main/liba/libarchive/libarchive-dev_3.1.2-11build1_amd64.deb
Size: 427352
MD5sum: ac93ce372d0186e2ba0254b0fea5881a
SHA1: 78882b9d76f0ec2d35cdd21fc1e8a66de350ffae
SHA256: 39b435d6bf9a525334df3478cbc53ef61be6f4b214fc57d91a3dcca4dee3b89b
Description-en: Multi-format archive and compression library (development files)
The libarchive library provides a flexible interface for reading and writing
archives in various formats such as tar and cpio. libarchive also supports
reading and writing archives compressed using various compression filters such
as gzip and bzip2. The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers serially
iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the archive.
.
Archive formats supported are:
.
* tar (read and write, including GNU extensions)
* pax (read and write, including GNU and star extensions)
* cpio (read and write, including odc and newc variants)
* iso9660 (read and write, including Joliet and Rockridge extensions, with
some limitations)
* zip (read only, with some limitations, uses zlib)
* mtree (read and write)
* shar (write only)
* ar (read and write, including BSD and GNU/SysV variants)
* empty (read only; in particular, note that no other format will accept an
empty file)
* raw (read only)
* xar (read only)
* rar (read only, with some limitations)
* 7zip (read and write, with some limitations)
.
Filters supported are:
.
* gzip (read and write, uses zlib)
* bzip2 (read and write, uses bzlib)
* compress (read and write, uses an internal implementation)
* uudecode (read only)
* separate command-line compressors with fixed-signature auto-detection
* xz and lzma (read and write using liblzma)
.
This package provides the files necessary for development with libarchive.
Description-md5: 4fedaf2f347af4287edce946b56ba586
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.libarchive.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m