macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install unshieldlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install unshieldMacPorts ports tree · archivers/unshield/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Installer unshield avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de unshield pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add unshieldAlpine Linux edge package indexes · unshield · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install libunshield-devDebian stable package indexes · libunshield-dev · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install unshieldFedora Rawhide package metadata · unshield · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshieldnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/un/unshield/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S unshieldArch Linux sync databases · unshield · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install libunshield1openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libunshield1 · Source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopvérifié · 92%
scoop install main/unshieldScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/unshield.json · Source: api.github.com
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Extract files from InstallShield cabinet files
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- unshield
historique
Historique du projet et usages
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.
Historique du projet
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.
Historique d'adoption
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.
Modes d'utilisation
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.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
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.
Chronologie
- 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.
Sources
- 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
posture de sécurité
Aucune couverture d'outil protégé trouvée pour le moment
Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour unshield. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- S’installe avec 1 dépendances d’exécution.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
unshield | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-08
version du gestionnaire1.6.2
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-05-13
données localesOK
amontà jour
dernière version détectée1.6.2
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
- OKAucun avertissement de fraîcheur n'a été généré.
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:unshield |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.2 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/unshield |
| Page d'accueil | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/twogood/unshield#readme |
| Licence | MIT |
| Archive source | https://github.com/twogood/unshield/archive/refs/tags/1.6.2.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-05-13T14:52:16Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | openssl@4 |
| Dépendances de compilation | cmake |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| 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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correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Unshield
Nix95%
unshield
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshield- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 4 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Unshield
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- 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