How to Install and Uninstall libcap2 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libcap2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcap2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libcap2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.25-1.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_2.25-1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 13040
MD5sum: 2a1751ff7f3e47bdc3300eca5cec3604
SHA1: 71c18a66a6accacc22444aa8666c125e22b17abe
SHA256: 00655717ec2494a953b1c3f477bc86b080760402b72a926057076144aa8b9c41
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
Description-md5: cd474c07928607f123b20712016d716e
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y