How To Install lcab on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcab on Debian 11. lcab is create cabinet (.cab) archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcab on Debian 11.

What is lcab

lcab is:

lcab is a small program for Linux that creates a cabinet (.cab) archive from a set of input files.

CAB format represents the Microsoft Windows compressed archive format. It is used for compression and digital signing by a variety of Microsoft installation programs

There are three methods to install lcab on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lcab Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lcab using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lcab

Install lcab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lcab using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lcab

Install lcab Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lcab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lcab

How To Uninstall lcab on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lcab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lcab

Uninstall lcab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lcab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcab

Remove lcab Configurations and Data

To remove lcab configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lcab

Remove lcab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lcab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcab

Dependencies

lcab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcab package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.