How To Install gcab on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab in Fedora 36. gcab is Cabinet file library and tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab on Fedora 36.

What is `gcab`

gcab is a tool to manipulate Cabinet archive.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcab on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcab.

Install gcab on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcab using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcab

Install gcab on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcab using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcab

How To Uninstall gcab on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gcab

gcab Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gcab
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/abfd2731232951363ab31c05fb6e1184030aea
/usr/share/doc/gcab
/usr/share/doc/gcab/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gcab/NEWS
/usr/share/man/man1/gcab.1.gz

References

gcab website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).