How to Install and Uninstall cabextract Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cabextract on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cabextract" package

This is a short guide on how to install cabextract on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall cabextract on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cabextract
Version: 1.9-3
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Eric Sharkey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libmspack0 (>= 0.9.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
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_1.9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 35032
MD5sum: d11a79078ae4c667b833ad1694c3f183
SHA256: 0b02139c1bc170c6ee107fd480da5d290bdeba7cbbb881d95d9ff6544ccda748