cabextract software package provides Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cabextract
cabextract is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cabextract package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cabextract *
You will get with cabextract package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | cabextract |
| Version | 1.4-4 |
| Description | Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker |
| Sub Section | Utils |