diff --git a/extra/libarchive/build b/extra/libarchive/build
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index 00000000..6e30984c
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+++ b/extra/libarchive/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --without-nettle \
+    --without-openssl \
+    --without-xml2 \
+    --without-expat
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
+
+ln -s bsdcat  "$1/usr/bin/cat"
+ln -s bsdcpio "$1/usr/bin/cpio"
+ln -s bsdtar  "$1/usr/bin/tar"
diff --git a/extra/libarchive/checksums b/extra/libarchive/checksums
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index 00000000..96d915c8
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+++ b/extra/libarchive/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bb84e02f08cc3027e08e2473fc46eb7724ba9244e9c6ef8d122f68addd6042f7  libarchive-3.4.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/libarchive/depends b/extra/libarchive/depends
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index 00000000..e57c8945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libarchive/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bzip2
+xz
+zlib
diff --git a/extra/libarchive/sources b/extra/libarchive/sources
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index 00000000..60d7a868
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+++ b/extra/libarchive/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.4.1/libarchive-3.4.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/libarchive/version b/extra/libarchive/version
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index 00000000..89f6718d
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+++ b/extra/libarchive/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.4.1 1