How To Install unshield on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unshield on Debian 10.
What is unshield
unshield is:
This software extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers used to be installed on Windows CE devices or Windows desktop machines.
There are three methods to install unshield on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install unshield Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unshield using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unshield
Install unshield Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unshield using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unshield
Install unshield 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 unshield using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unshield
How To Uninstall unshield on Debian 10
To uninstall only the unshield package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unshield
Uninstall unshield And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unshield and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unshield
Remove unshield Configurations and Data
To remove unshield configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unshield
Remove unshield configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unshield configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unshield
Dependencies
unshield have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unshield package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
