How To Install libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 22.04. libgcab-1.0-0 is Microsoft Cabinet file manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 22.04.

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.

There are three methods to install libgcab-1.0-0 on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04

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 22.04, 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 22.04 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 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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