How to Install and Uninstall libcap-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libcap-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcap-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcap-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libcap-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libcap-dev
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.25-2
Installed-Size: 96
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libcap2-dev
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.25-2)
Suggests: manpages-dev
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (development)
Description-md5: 71a80949663716b327d81d7b814ba91a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap-dev_2.25-2_amd64.deb
Size: 30192
MD5sum: 1669c1a484ae70c9981e0f2ad26bfac5
SHA256: 4578be676cc590c776d67c288201f640bfb4ad1cd93943968f6ac14896c9fa4d