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libarchive

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Formula Utilities v3.8.8

Multi-format archive and compression library

When to use

Multi-format archive and compression library. Use libarchive when you want a widely used utilities command-line package that can be installed and updated through Homebrew. It is one of FastBrew's top packages by Homebrew installs, with about 706.9K installs over the last year.

Install 1 App in Terminal
$ 
brew install libarchive
Source: homebrew/core Website Homebrew

Dependencies

libb2lz4xzzstd

Official Homebrew Stats

Install activity metrics for libarchive.

+4.3% vs 90d avg
30 Days
52.5K total installs
1.8K installs / day avg
90 Days
151.1K total installs
1.7K installs / day avg
1 Year
706.9K total installs
1.9K installs / day avg

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