How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng0 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcap-ng0 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libcap-ng0" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libcap-ng0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libcap-ng0" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcap-ng0 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-ng0 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcap-ng0
Source: libcap-ng (0.8.3-1)
Version: 0.8.3-1+b3
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Description: alternate POSIX capabilities library
Description-md5: 43e332337e845c9ae5422001e67a1209
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng0_0.8.3-1+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 17068
MD5sum: 9e964fb1431185213fdd4c06a7e6ce8f
SHA256: b4b54769c77e4a71c8b33aee4d600ba28a9994a1c6f60d55d4ebe7fc44882e07