simon816 / libtar-twrp

libtar with patches from TWRP

libtar-twrp

This is a patched version of libtar to support tar files created by the TWRP backup feature.

It is largely unchanged from the original libtar, for which you can find sources at https://repo.or.cz/libtar.git

The original libtar README contains some info for building libtar.

Building

(see also: README and INSTALL)

You will need autoconf and libtool to run the build script. You'll also need the following libraries to build:

• zlib
• libcap (TWRP addition)
• libselinux (TWRP addition)

Then run these commands:

autoreconf --force --install
./configure
make
make install

Instead of installing (make install), you can run it directly from the root of the repository with ./libtar/libtar.

AUR

An Arch user package is available for systems compatible with the Arch User Respository: libtar-twrp-git maintained by @w568w.

Install with a compatible AUR helper, e.g.:

yay -S libtar-twrp-git

The libtar binary will be installed at /opt/libtar-twrp/bin/libtar