How to Install and Uninstall libcap-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libcap-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libcap-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: libcap-dev
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.66-5
Installed-Size: 2714
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libcap2-dev
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.66-5), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: manpages-dev
Size: 526692
SHA256: ce4279f7c4cea4779764ff365efbf2886d3bf210f4a03af08000e396d3c511f1
SHA1: d77a0db4d9ff7cb2891b6167b252c47062aeec95
MD5sum: 44f5b3bff03ea9aabe83c8a03dd86e82
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (development)
Libcap implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities
available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a partitioning of the all
powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5:
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_2.66-5_amd64.deb