cabarchive

library0.2.5pypypi✓ verified 88d ago

A pure-python library for creating and extracting Microsoft cabinet (CAB) files. Current version 0.2.5, released sporadically.

storage

pip install cabarchive

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · CABARCHIVE

cabarchive

storagepythonv0.2.5

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

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CabArchive

✓ from cabarchive import CabArchive

✗ import CabArchive

CabArchive is a class, not a module.

Basic example of creating and reading CAB files.

from cabarchive import CabArchive # Create a CAB file with CabArchive() as archive: archive.add_bytes('hello.txt', b'Hello, world!') archive.write('example.cab') # Extract a CAB file archive = CabArchive('example.cab') print(archive.namelist()) print(archive.read('hello.txt'))

Debug

Known issues

gotchaThe library does not support streaming reads/writes; entire archive is held in memory.

fix

Ensure archives fit in available memory.

affects: all

deprecatedThe 'CabArchive.add_file' method is deprecated; use 'add_bytes' instead.

fix

Replace add_file() with add_bytes() and read the file using open().

affects: >=0.2.0

gotchaWriting an archive with no entries will produce an invalid CAB file.

fix

Always add at least one file to the archive before calling write().

affects: all

Errors

Common errors & fixes

AttributeError: module 'cabarchive' has no attribute 'CabArchive'

Using 'import cabarchive' instead of 'from cabarchive import CabArchive'.

fix

Use: from cabarchive import CabArchive

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'example.cab'

Opening an existing CAB file for reading without having write permissions in the directory.

fix

Check file permissions or use a different path.

cabarchive.CabArchiveError: Cannot create CAB archive without any files added

Calling write() on an empty CabArchive context.

fix

Add at least one file via add_bytes() or add() before write().

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Version history

0.2.5latest on PyPI · released Feb 10, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/hughsie/python-cabarchive ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/hughsie/python-cabarchive ↗