How To Install lcab on Debian 11
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.