How to Install and Uninstall libcap2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "libcap2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libcap2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcap2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcap2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcap2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libcap2
Version: 1:2.25-2
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
Description-md5: cd474c07928607f123b20712016d716e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_2.25-2_amd64.deb
Size: 17572
MD5sum: 4193be744d3f5fff07e51a0d4dbf8463
SHA256: 8f93459c99e9143dfb458353336c5171276860896fd3e10060a515cd3ea3987b