cpio software package provides GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cpio
cpio is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cpio package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpio *
You will get with cpio package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | cpio |
| Version | 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u2 |
| Description | GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files |
| Sub Section | Utils |