How to Install and Uninstall libcap2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libcap2" package

This tutorial shows how to install libcap2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall libcap2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libcap2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.43-1
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: 65
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_2.43-1_amd64.deb
Size: 17716
MD5sum: c03184c8962fc631460ada93a72d21cf
SHA1: 1ee6b343ef1e6120ffc110902140285ecfca291f
SHA256: e0c333ff9e817d80ce864352b0266743b99bd8b9e6749a0586a96616d185707d
SHA512: fd66483b89c982267aa5d64c56c134861ba4e00ebf042567a5d47befb0ae6e379947a41afbe33ecd8e97e991dcc7b35093056d29eaacb783258c38f4f7d6bfc2
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Description-en: 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: cd474c07928607f123b20712016d716e
Task: minimal