How To Install gcab on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab on CentOS 7. gcab is Cabinet file library and tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab on CentOS 7.

What is gcab

gcab is a tool to manipulate Cabinet archive.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcab on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcab.

Install gcab on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gcab

Install gcab 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 gcab using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcab

How To Uninstall gcab on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gcab

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.