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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libcap-ng-dev on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libcap-ng-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-ng-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libcap-ng-dev
Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.8.4-2
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcap-ng0 (= 0.8.4-2)
Size: 33844
SHA256: c2d289953b9eff1ea92a921167d7888f1c9c5710af3baff49db7fa0d0a6decb0
SHA1: bccfddccaf83c69a7a3ba2555da509a7505a78ad
MD5sum: 9ad15edc07391d152e7ff6e3fa6388b7
Description: Development and header files for libcap-ng
This library 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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The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX
capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library.
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This package contains header files and static libraries.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-dev_0.8.4-2_amd64.deb