macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install cabextractlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install cabextractMacPorts ports tree · archivers/cabextract/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add cabextractAlpine Linux edge package indexes · cabextract · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install cabextractDebian stable package indexes · cabextract · 来源: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install cabextractFedora Rawhide package metadata · cabextract · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cabextractnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cabextract/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S cabextractArch Linux sync databases · cabextract · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install cabextractopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cabextract · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
Extract files from Microsoft cabinet files
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.
来源
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
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 12 个平台目标。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
cabextract | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-11
管理器版本1.11
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
https://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.cabextract.org.uk/none 置信度
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 |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cabextract |
| 主页 | https://www.cabextract.org.uk/ |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/tree/master/cabextract |
| 上游文档 | https://www.cabextract.org.uk/ |
| 许可证 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://www.cabextract.org.uk/cabextract-1.11.tar.gz |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | cabextract |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
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
Nix95%
cabextract
nix profile install nixpkgs#cabextract- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Cabextract
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
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
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
dnf95%
cabextract 1.11-10.fc44
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
pacman95%
cabextract 1.11-2
A program to extract Microsoft cabinet (.CAB) files
https://www.cabextract.org.uk/
sudo pacman -S cabextract- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Cabextract
zypper95%
cabextract 1.11-1.10
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
MacPorts95%
cabextract
sudo port install cabextract- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Cabextract
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- 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