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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "gcab" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gcab on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gcab on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: gcab
Version: 1.2-3~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 197
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 0.6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)
Description: Microsoft Cabinet file manipulation tool
Description-md5: 96bfb738184b7dc60be13cb7a3a13d3a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcab/gcab_1.2-3~deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 31908
MD5sum: 0492378680a5f9cbb7fbc591dd3b1d1b
SHA256: aec0445bcb030f8c8680d30b0de8b1cdf22b40566ed3f517470bd63f365a7624