How To Install libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab-1.0-0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgcab-1.0-0
libgcab-1.0-0 is:
libgcab provides functions to manipulate cabinet (.cab) files, both for reading and writing their contents.
This package contains the shared library. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libgcab-1.0-0
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 libgcab-1.0-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcab-1.0-0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgcab-1.0-0
Install libgcab-1.0-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcab-1.0-0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgcab-1.0-0
Install libgcab-1.0-0 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 libgcab-1.0-0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgcab-1.0-0
How To Uninstall libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgcab-1.0-0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgcab-1.0-0
Uninstall libgcab-1.0-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgcab-1.0-0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcab-1.0-0
Remove libgcab-1.0-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libgcab-1.0-0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgcab-1.0-0
Remove libgcab-1.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgcab-1.0-0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcab-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab-1.0-0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.