macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install unshieldlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install unshieldMacPorts ports tree · archivers/unshield/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
unshield mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für unshield in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add unshieldAlpine Linux edge package indexes · unshield · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install libunshield-devDebian stable package indexes · libunshield-dev · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install unshieldFedora Rawhide package metadata · unshield · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshieldnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/un/unshield/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S unshieldArch Linux sync databases · unshield · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install libunshield1openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libunshield1 · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/unshieldScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/unshield.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Extract files from InstallShield cabinet files
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- unshield
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Unshield is a command-line tool and C library for extracting files from InstallShield cabinet files. Its README explains the original motivation: many Pocket PC applications were distributed as Windows InstallShield installers rather than standalone Microsoft Cabinet files, which was impractical for Linux and FreeBSD users.
Projektgeschichte
The upstream README is unusually explicit about the design origin. InstallShield cabinet files were not officially documented, so the author used the Windows tools i5comp and i6comp as references, discovered through `strings` that they used zlib for decompression, and chose to write a new implementation rather than port those tools.
The stated goals were pragmatic and distribution-friendly: use the MIT license, work on little-endian and big-endian systems, separate the implementation into a tool and a library, support InstallShield version 5 and later, list cabinet contents, and extract files.
The project has since become a maintained small C package. Its changelog records man-page work in 2008 and a 0.6 release in 2009; tagged releases later reached 1.x, and the current CMake configuration sets version 1.6.2, uses C23, installs a man page and pkg-config file, and builds both library and CLI components.
Adoptionsgeschichte
The supplied package metadata shows Unshield packaged in Homebrew, Alpine/apk, Debian and Ubuntu as `libunshield-dev`, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, Arch/pacman, Scoop, and openSUSE/zypper. That broad spread reflects both CLI use and library development use.
Unshield also appears as an optional backend in the `unp` ecosystem: the `unp` 2.0 changelog records experimental support for InstallShield-style Microsoft Cabinet files via unshield. That is a classic package-manager adoption path for a niche extractor: one focused tool becomes a backend behind a more general archive wrapper.
Wie es verwendet wird
The man page describes Unshield as a tool for listing, testing, and extracting InstallShield cabinet contents. Its commands include listing components, file groups, files, testing files, and extracting files; options cover component and group selection, output directory, forced InstallShield version, filename encoding conversion, lowercasing, raw extraction, and path handling.
In practice, users reach for it when they have a Windows installer archive but need the payload on a Unix-like system, in a build recipe, or in a recovery/migration workflow without running the installer.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
Unshield matters in package culture because proprietary installer formats often block reproducible packaging. A small MIT-licensed extractor lets maintainers inspect or extract upstream payloads on Unix systems, script the process, and avoid depending on Windows-only tooling.
Its split library/tool design is also package-friendly: distributions can ship a CLI for users and development files for programs that need InstallShield cabinet support.
Zeitleiste
- 2008: Upstream changelog starts and records addition of the man page.
- 2009: Upstream changelog records the 0.6 release.
- 2013: GitHub tag metadata records version 1.0.
- 2023: Man page identifies the Unshield project and documents the modern command set.
- 2024: `unp` 2.0 records experimental InstallShield cabinet support via unshield.
- 2026: Current CMake project version is 1.6.2.
Related projects
- Unshield is related to InstallShield, Microsoft Cabinet files, zlib, the historic i5comp and i6comp tools, and archive wrappers such as `unp` that can delegate InstallShield-style extraction to it.
Quellen
- https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
- https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/master/README.md
- https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/master/man/unshield.1
- https://salsa.debian.org/blade/unp/-/raw/master/debian/changelog
- source_facts.package-manager
Sicherheitslage
Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden
Für unshield wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
- Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
unshield | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-08
Manager-Version1.6.2
Manager aktualisiert2026-05-13
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Version1.6.2
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:unshield |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/unshield |
| Homepage | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| Repository | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/twogood/unshield#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/twogood/unshield/archive/refs/tags/1.6.2.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-05-13T14:52:16Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | openssl@4 |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | cmake |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | unshield |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
libunshield-dev 1.5.1-1+b2
development files for libunshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unshield
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Debian apt95%
libunshield0 1.5.1-1+b2
library to extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unshield
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Debian apt95%
unshield 1.5.1-1+b2
extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install unshield- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unshield
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Nix95%
unshield
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshield- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Ubuntu apt95%
libunshield-dev 1.5.1-1
development files for libunshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unshield
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Ubuntu apt95%
libunshield0 1.5.1-1
library to extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield0- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unshield
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Ubuntu apt95%
unshield 1.5.1-1
extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install unshield- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
apk95%
unshield 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshield- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
apk95%
unshield-dev 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers (development files)
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshield-dev- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
apk95%
unshield-doc 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers (documentation)
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshield-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
dnf95%
unshield 1.6.2-5.fc45
Extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo dnf install unshield- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: unshield
- 4 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
dnf95%
unshield-devel 1.6.2-5.fc45
Files needed for software development with unshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo dnf install unshield-devel- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: unshield
- 4 Abhängigkeiten
- 3 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
pacman95%
unshield 1.6.2-1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo pacman -S unshield- License: custom
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
zypper95%
libunshield1 1.6.2-1.3
A Program to Extract InstallShield Cabinet Files
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install libunshield1- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- 4 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
zypper95%
unshield 1.6.2-1.3
A Program to Extract InstallShield Cabinet Files
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install unshield- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
zypper95%
unshield-devel 1.6.2-1.3
Header files, libraries and development documentation for libunshield1
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install unshield-devel- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: unshield
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 4 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Unshield
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment