How to Install and Uninstall gcab Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gcab" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gcab on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gcab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-3
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_1.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 10416
MD5sum: 27047c9c1c2553adb07e855981ccce23
SHA1: 42d4c2daa4f02bb446754f7c75e11a51170fb6e0
SHA256: b86708f41e0716bb8053f07d7d016b41dc8ea48cbfa3c6a4b884b4e81d39865b
SHA512: e9b10f77c8e7cf77588fe603dec93d8d974a27602c68fcdb52c78733cb0ed5d0660dd6e5748f3b2dde1cc0032a075fa64d276e0d2b85951c8657652922f2a3b5
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