macOS
brew install unshieldlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install unshieldMacPorts ports tree · archivers/unshield/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
brew install unshieldlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install unshieldMacPorts ports tree · archivers/unshield/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
sudo apk add unshieldAlpine Linux edge package indexes · unshield · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install libunshield-devDebian stable package indexes · libunshield-dev · 来源: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install unshieldFedora Rawhide package metadata · unshield · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshieldnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/un/unshield/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S unshieldArch Linux sync databases · unshield · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install libunshield1openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libunshield1 · 来源: download.opensuse.org
scoop install main/unshieldScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/unshield.json · 来源: api.github.com
概览
Extract files from InstallShield cabinet files
历史
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
安全态势
没有找到 unshield 的匹配本地密钥处理 manifest。Nucleus 软件包元数据仍在此发布,以便未来覆盖拥有稳定的软件包 URL。
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
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
unshield | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
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。
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
安装元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:unshield |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.6.2 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/unshield |
| 主页 | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/twogood/unshield |
| 上游文档 | https://github.com/twogood/unshield#readme |
| 许可证 | MIT |
| 源码归档 | https://github.com/twogood/unshield/archive/refs/tags/1.6.2.tar.gz |
| 最后更新 | 2026-05-13T14:52:16Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 依赖 | openssl@4 |
| 构建依赖 | cmake |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
| 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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源数据库匹配
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。
libunshield-dev 1.5.1-1+b2
development files for libunshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield-devlibunshield0 1.5.1-1+b2
library to extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield0unshield 1.5.1-1+b2
extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install unshieldunshield
nix profile install nixpkgs#unshieldlibunshield-dev 1.5.1-1
development files for libunshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield-devlibunshield0 1.5.1-1
library to extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install libunshield0unshield 1.5.1-1
extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield/
sudo apt install unshieldunshield 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshieldunshield-dev 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers (development files)
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshield-devunshield-doc 1.6.2-r1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers (documentation)
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo apk add unshield-docunshield 1.6.2-5.fc45
Extract CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo dnf install unshieldunshield-devel 1.6.2-5.fc45
Files needed for software development with unshield
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo dnf install unshield-develunshield 1.6.2-1
Extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo pacman -S unshieldlibunshield1 1.6.2-1.3
A Program to Extract InstallShield Cabinet Files
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install libunshield1unshield 1.6.2-1.3
A Program to Extract InstallShield Cabinet Files
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install unshieldunshield-devel 1.6.2-1.3
Header files, libraries and development documentation for libunshield1
https://github.com/twogood/unshield
sudo zypper install unshield-devel来源线索
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