How to Install and Uninstall libcap-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libcap-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libcap-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libcap-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libcap-dev
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.44-1
Installed-Size: 148
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libcap2-dev
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.44-1)
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_2.44-1_amd64.deb
Size: 45252
MD5sum: fccbaaf0f2c95bc4d7e93c3285bfbfc0
SHA256: 5638ef4fc53c4f317dc11bc768b6d60e23191c8b3b7a3aba8e339aa559ffe6c3