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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libcap2-bin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap2-bin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap2-bin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libcap2-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.43-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Source: libcap2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 115
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.33)
Recommends: libpam-cap
Breaks: libcap-bin
Replaces: libcap-bin
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2-bin_2.43-1_amd64.deb
Size: 24820
MD5sum: 5dd0bf71f5b112047a2b3e1afabc0463
SHA1: 1166bcfe7612a33773806152a794efc67928d1a7
SHA256: 30153a873ca9a1ccf037f2fc030258a35934a0c342bcc6875afc40cf33dab22c
SHA512: af0c83ff8d0c926f383540d961752f8e3b3a83eaf1b122ab38bc1655b2339985567d1f423bdec9d3edeff79889b4bc19e6f865af05e44c7f0450482f106de791
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Description-en: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (utilities)
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 additional utilities.
Description-md5: f223f06c6e812dc45d4b21cbd8163d36
Task: minimal