How to Install libarchive12 software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Install libarchive12 software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

libarchive12 software package provides Multi-format archive and compression library (shared library), 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 libarchive12 

libarchive12 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libarchive12 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libarchive12 *

You will get with libarchive12 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libarchive12 package basic information:

Distro Debian 7 wheezy
Section Libraries
Package libarchive12
Version 3.0.4-3+wheezy5 [amd64, armel,
Description Multi-format archive and compression library (shared library)
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libarchive12 software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?