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cabextract

Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

About cabextract

Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

This project links 10 native package records across 7 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.cabextract: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
cabextract
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
10
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-2.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
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Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

Cabinet (.CAB) files are a form of archive, which Microsoft uses to distribute their software and things like Windows Font Packs. cabextract can be used to unpack these files.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. cabextract

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source cabextract

    1.11-r1

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. cabextract-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source cabextract

    1.11-r1

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. cabextract

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source cabextract

    1.11-r1

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. cabextract-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source cabextract

    1.11-r1

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. cabextract

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source cabextract

    1.11-r2

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. cabextract-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source cabextract

    1.11-r2

    Tool for extracting Microsoft cabinet files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Fedora 43

  1. cabextract

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source cabextract

    1.11-8.fc43

    Utility for extracting cabinet (.cab) archives

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. cabextract

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source cabextract

    1.11-10.fc44

    Utility for extracting cabinet (.cab) archives

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. cabextract

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Console / source cabextract

    1.11-bp160.1.12

    A Program to Extract Microsoft Cabinet Files

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. cabextract

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Console / source cabextract

    1.11-1.12

    A Program to Extract Microsoft Cabinet Files

    x86_64tumbleweed

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