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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gcab" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gcab on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcab package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gcab
Version: 1.5-1
Installed-Size: 233
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0)
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_1.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 36852
MD5sum: 8a07930ce25cd8b5d25360ee5bd88bd5
SHA256: 44afbfe6566cbeb1565134a74099a21f704b3b3f8a852672305184cf5c3df18e