How to Install and Uninstall gcab Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "gcab" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gcab on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall gcab on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gcab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-3build1
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 (>= 2.34), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcab/gcab_1.4-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 10870
MD5sum: b7a9d921519062cef0316e2441f8c0f8
SHA1: a1e37292d4e7439162650d356a4e0c6516b4d475
SHA256: 13dc60e332033629a0c2da986f74e164cc42de2276343367d709b9bb58260b9d
SHA512: 88edf07aa6d774524ebb8631cbcd7ebb4cefee0f258a5c6878ffaafd7f2bea96eac93fcd5639db75c951eb2fa87ee918ea1d27ca14aa77410e929d8064365c71
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