Getting started

Purpose

This section helps you get Cabriolet installed and working within minutes. Follow the guides in order to go from installation to creating your first CAB archive.

References

• Cabriolet on RubyGems

• Cabriolet on GitHub

• API Reference

Concepts

Cabriolet provides both a command-line interface (CLI) and a Ruby API for working with Microsoft compression formats. The getting started guides focus on the CLI for simplicity, but each operation has an equivalent API method documented in the API Reference.

Quick Navigation

1. Installation

Install Cabriolet using RubyGems. Takes less than a minute.

2. Quick Start

Extract CAB files in 5 minutes with step-by-step instructions.

3. Your First CAB

Create your own archive from your own files.

Next steps

After completing the getting started guides:

• Explore Format Guides for the format you need

• Learn about compression algorithms to choose the right one

• Review the CLI Reference for all available commands

Related sections

• Common operations

• Format-specific documentation

• Understanding how things work

• Sample code and workflows

Bibliography

• Cabriolet on RubyGems

• Cabriolet on GitHub

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Table of contents

• Installation
• Quick Start
• Your First CAB File
• Common Workflows