How to Install and Uninstall gcab Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gcab" package

Please follow the steps below to install gcab on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gcab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 84
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcab/gcab_1.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10432
MD5sum: 826bf1ab7b0d6881060590097deaaab6
SHA1: 98e5dacb4bf6ab5daecef1ef9542764fa8d400d2
SHA256: 1ba72d7f180fa3ac05a464e1b4e0f3718c524c67fc8b652e639e32e9f9ea49bf
SHA512: fd221d3e53e31a752aeb8cab30403f0a8d995fe82ed022582e6d46247dea102d69f671d35c8aa8261bbafe689c088852e6b2cd98eba8088a7d99eace66f0e634
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
Description-en: 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: 96bfb738184b7dc60be13cb7a3a13d3a