How To Install cabextract on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cabextract on CentOS 7.
What is cabextract
cabextract is a program which can extract files from cabinet (.cab) archives.
We can use yum or dnf to install cabextract on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cabextract.
Install cabextract on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cabextract using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cabextract
Install cabextract on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cabextract using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cabextract
How To Uninstall cabextract on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cabextract package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cabextract
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cabextract on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
