How to Install and Uninstall libcap2 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libcap2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libcap2 on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libcap2 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap2 package on Kali Linux

Package: libcap2
Version: 1:2.66-5
Installed-Size: 94
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 27440
SHA256: c11a7eb6a44fc0d9bf9d149ded59bf383846ae15e8c019c4d16df411f68ee250
SHA1: 64386b26e3c3189ebea76102f2023b4c38eb281c
MD5sum: b12ed4b654ad46bd78e9d9b9b22a31b4
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
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 shared library.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_2.66-5_amd64.deb