How to Install and Uninstall cabextract Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "cabextract" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cabextract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cabextract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cabextract
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 109
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Sharkey
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmspack0 (>= 0.4)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21444
MD5sum: e663e70bfbff5eeba8c545ba3f121b11
SHA1: ec2f66ca3ed2af71b738b3bb1aa1263646301a3d
SHA256: 1aaf07a22dace276fc2139b1e40acd267ccc126adb8a08993adddc453479c07f
Description-en: 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: 3be58181913cd1a65aef709347d1f1f1
Enhances: konqueror
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu