How to Install and Uninstall gcab Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "gcab" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gcab on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gcab on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: gcab
Source: gcab (1.6-1)
Version: 1.6-1+b1
Installed-Size: 232
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0)
Size: 35368
SHA256: d64a0ed846be4421647737cefa2e62a708306f9d08dd0e4c335030eb802581a0
SHA1: e1854cfa397858fb302240654425bce29b057ffa
MD5sum: 40bac4dfc0a9b1e9dea0e02044c05a28
Description: Microsoft Cabinet file manipulation tool
gcab can list, extract and create cabinet (.cab) files, commonly used
as archives to distribute software on Windows.
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gcab is similar to cabextract but can create cabinet files.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcab/gcab_1.6-1+b1_amd64.deb