How to Install and Uninstall libcap-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libcap-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libcap-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libcap-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libcap-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcap-dev
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.66-4
Installed-Size: 2774
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libcap2-dev
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.66-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_2.66-4_amd64.deb
Size: 522404
MD5sum: ad3b676b4f3f42c8ff663a4346bfa82b
SHA256: da67132dba6eb1c452b999d9ac77c10ce4a5ad230ccbde1312868744b149f879