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
| 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 |