Using synce-install-cab in fedora to install cab file

Question

I have Fedora 20 and want to install a .cab file. I found the proper way to do this is with synce (http://linuxmanpages.net/manpages/fedora21/man1/synce-install-cab.1.html). However when I type:

synce-install-cab - install .cab data.cab

or

synce-install-cab - install data.cab

I get the following message:

Enter .cab file as parameter

How can I install my cab file properly?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Okay, so, two things.

First, are you sure this is the command you want? This command is for installing software in .cab files to Windows CE devices. If you don't have that, maybe you want cabextract (although that won't, of course, make Windows software actually run on Fedora).

Second... I don't know this actual command (as I don't have a a Windows CE device), but, from the man page you linked, there's no reason to run synce-install-cab - install .cab data.cab — that's not instructions, it's just the summary at the top of the file. The actual command seems simply to be

synce-install-cab data.cab