How to Install and Uninstall cabextract Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "cabextract" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cabextract on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cabextract on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: cabextract
Version: 1.11-1
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Eric Sharkey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libmspack0 (>= 0.9.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Enhances: konqueror
Size: 35996
SHA256: 241fe86d97bf7ded0c32a9f3cb68eacc93dd43419c95ab2f2eb21c3e1aeb61fc
SHA1: 6929856a661224ceddd767d8f020868ff3436ec5
MD5sum: c6e4c5fe982d548401cc00189bdbcc83
Description: Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker
Cabextract is a program which unpacks cabinet (.cab) files, which
are a form of archive Microsoft uses to distribute their software
and things like Windows Font Packs.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.11-1_amd64.deb