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使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 cabextract

查看 cabextract 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install cabextract

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install cabextract

MacPorts ports tree · archivers/cabextract/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add cabextract

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cabextract · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install cabextract

Debian stable package indexes · cabextract · 来源: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install cabextract

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cabextract · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cabextract

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cabextract/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S cabextract

Arch Linux sync databases · cabextract · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install cabextract

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cabextract · 来源: download.opensuse.org

概览

软件包摘要

Extract files from Microsoft cabinet files

命令和别名

  • cabextract

历史

项目历史与用法

cabextract is a small, long-lived Free Software command-line utility for extracting Microsoft Cabinet files. It is tightly associated with Stuart Caie's libmspack library and remains a standard Unix-side tool for unpacking .CAB archives.

项目历史

cabextract's README credits Stuart Caie and gives a 2000-2023 copyright span. The project focuses on Microsoft Cabinet archives, the format Microsoft used for software distribution and Windows Font Packs, and it explicitly distinguishes those archives from InstallShield cabinet files.

Version 1.0 was a major architectural point: the NEWS file says cabextract moved the hard decompression work into libmspack, making extraction more robust and faster while keeping the cabextract CLI focused on archive discovery, listing, filtering, testing, and extraction.

The official site describes cabextract as based on the portable LGPL libmspack library. libmspack itself supports Microsoft compression formats including SZDD, KWAJ, CAB, CHM, and Exchange Offline Address Book LZX data.

采用历史

cabextract's adoption comes from solving an unglamorous but persistent packaging problem: Unix, BSD, macOS, Cygwin, DOS, and Amiga users often need to unpack Microsoft cabinet archives without Windows tooling. The official download page links to Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, Cygwin, DOS/FreeDOS, and Amiga packages.

It became part of the background infrastructure of packaging, reverse-engineering, and driver/font extraction workflows because it is scriptable, small, and available in many distribution repositories.

使用方式

Common usage is direct and Unix-like: cabextract file.cab extracts an archive, cabextract executable.exe searches for embedded cabinets, cabextract -d selects an output directory, cabextract -F filters filenames, cabextract -l lists contents, and cabextract -t tests extraction integrity.

The tool also handles multipart cabinet sets and Windows CE installation cabinets, and its documentation includes magic-file rules to help distinguish Microsoft cabinets from InstallShield files.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, cabextract is classic plumbing: tiny surface, high leverage, and useful exactly when an upstream ships Windows-era cabinet payloads inside installers or self-extracting files. It is the sort of utility that quietly keeps cross-platform packaging and archival workflows sane.

Its libmspack relationship matters because it separates archive-format knowledge from CLI ergonomics, letting other software use the library while packagers keep a simple cabextract executable.

时间线

  • 2000: cabextract copyright history begins.
  • Version 1.0: cabextract moved core decompression work to libmspack.
  • 2013-2015: 1.5 fixed crashes and hangs found with afl fuzzing by Debian contributors.
  • 2023-02-05: libmspack 0.11alpha was released.
  • 2023-02-24: cabextract 1.11 was released.

Related projects

  • libmspack is the library cabextract uses for Microsoft compression formats.
  • Microsoft Cabinet is the archive format cabextract targets.
  • InstallShield cabinet files are explicitly out of scope and detected separately.
  • Windows CE cabinet tooling is included through cabextract's related scripts and documentation.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

  • 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。

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可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

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新鲜度

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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.11
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
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安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:cabextract
版本1.11
软件包管理器Homebrew
主页https://www.cabextract.org.uk/
Bottle未记录
服务未声明

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Debian apt95%

cabextract 1.11-2

Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker

sudo apt install cabextract
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cabextract from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

cabextract

nix profile install nixpkgs#cabextract
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cabextract/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

cabextract 1.11-2

Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker

sudo apt install cabextract
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cabextract from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

cabextract 1.11-r2

Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/

sudo apk add cabextract
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cabextract
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cabextract from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

cabextract-doc 1.11-r2

Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files (documentation)

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/

sudo apk add cabextract-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cabextract
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cabextract-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

cabextract 1.11-11.fc45

Utility for extracting cabinet (.cab) archives

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/

sudo dnf install cabextract
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cabextract
  • 2 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cabextract from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

cabextract 1.11-3

A program to extract Microsoft cabinet (.CAB) files

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/

sudo pacman -S cabextract
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cabextract from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

cabextract 1.11-1.12

A Program to Extract Microsoft Cabinet Files

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/

sudo zypper install cabextract
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Console
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cabextract
  • 2 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cabextract from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

cabextract

sudo port install cabextract
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cabextract
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: archivers/cabextract/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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