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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libcap-ng-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libcap-ng-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libcap-ng-utils" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libcap-ng-utils 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-ng-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcap-ng-utils
Source: libcap-ng (0.8.3-1)
Version: 0.8.3-1+b3
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcap-ng0 (= 0.8.3-1+b3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
Description-md5: fbe5ccdbf5d2f02cbe089add9ba015da
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-utils_0.8.3-1+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 20752
MD5sum: c1f02de63fcc9e12e4678e4d2a43f8cd
SHA256: 958aacf576e1e58535862910e78e0ab97a22a7693a7516b74b353d19e7906e23