How to Install and Uninstall cabextract Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "cabextract" package

This guide let you learn how to install cabextract on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cabextract
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cabextract" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cabextract on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cabextract
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cabextract package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cabextract
Version: 1.9-1
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Eric Sharkey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmspack0 (>= 0.4)
Enhances: konqueror
Description: Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker
Description-md5: 3be58181913cd1a65aef709347d1f1f1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 34968
MD5sum: f84465d5a030c78dc1bfce80637641d9
SHA256: 741407b9f3ab6b49767ae337f621a2dc987bf3d4c1756fadd6ec9e3da843b69c