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diff --git a/content/posts/compiling-bsd-tar-on-linux.md b/content/posts/compiling-bsd-tar-on-linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dcba810 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/compiling-bsd-tar-on-linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: "Compiling BSD Tar on Linux" +date: 2018-11-09T12:09:00 +tags: ["guides", "linux", "snippets", "software"] +--- + +While researching Arch Linux ARM for the ODroid HTPC project, I came across an issue with unpacking the image. + +It turns out that Arch Linux ARM requires `bsdtar` version 3.3 or above, and only versions 3.2.x are available in the [Debian and Ubuntu repositories](https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bsdtar). + +To resolve this, simply run the following: +``` +sudo apt-get install build-essential +wget https://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-3.3.3.tar.gz +tar -xzf libarchive-3.3.3.tar.gz +cd libarchive-3.3.3/ +./configure +make +sudo make install +bsdtar --version +``` + +Now you'll have the latest (at time of writing) version of <code>bsdtar</code> all working, all ready to proceed with the rest of the already convoluted installation guide. |