How to Install and Uninstall libcap2-bin Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libcap2-bin on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libcap2-bin" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libcap2-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libcap2-bin 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 libcap2-bin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcap2-bin
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.66-4
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libcap-bin
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.63)
Recommends: libpam-cap
Breaks: libcap-bin
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (utilities)
Description-md5: f223f06c6e812dc45d4b21cbd8163d36
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::filesystem, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2-bin_2.66-4_amd64.deb
Size: 34680
MD5sum: 470f4ce6dfa5f96ad01c4b65a0cf73b1
SHA256: 72da6038877cc5c7d71538a547e22d03346b1ef99a35169d7ff3500f5675df1e