How To Install gcab on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcab
gcab is:
gcab can list, extract and create cabinet (.cab) files, commonly used as archives to distribute software on Windows.
gcab is similar to cabextract but can create cabinet files.
There are three methods to install gcab
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gcab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcab
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcab
Install gcab Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcab
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcab
Install gcab 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gcab
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcab
How To Uninstall gcab on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcab
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcab
Uninstall gcab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcab
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcab
Remove gcab Configurations and Data
To remove gcab
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcab
Remove gcab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcab
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcab
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcab
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.