How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng-dev Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libcap-ng-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libcap-ng-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libcap-ng-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: libcap-ng-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.9-2.1build1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libcap-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 73
Depends: libcap-ng0 (= 0.7.9-2.1build1)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-dev_0.7.9-2.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 22144
MD5sum: 36b4380f2ccd1447d314a1fe945fddae
SHA1: e994b304d88e958fcc1180e55bf8f800a76f7b23
SHA256: f9b1fcfd4da74fe8ccf9d13b2cec27a99fa9d553340a7525661edbf563a98b79
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Description: Development and header files for libcap-ng
Description-md5: 64bc86cc1334255a166399bd218d1df6