How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to install libcap-ng-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libcap-ng-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                libcap-ng-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng-utils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libcap-ng-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.9-2.2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: libcap-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 82
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libcap-ng0 (= 0.7.9-2.2build1)
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-utils_0.7.9-2.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 15704
MD5sum: b97420b556d73db85f9a54c4072eb261
SHA1: c27be8e2a2edbfed8f38a6fad9441877e8bc5334
SHA256: 1352e51a935c5c8ca2d0811327f6379f374d3b219badff320ecf1cc0d88618a5
SHA512: 12cc277546c5f53c62d6ac72e0081bbd1e070fa115d5023fab05fb5ebe8092db6e4bdfa4a3605cbbe775b74bb1ee8113d128c1db7a875d94ac3e688ba3df653a
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Description-en: Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
This library 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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The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX
capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library.
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This package contains utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities.
Description-md5: fbe5ccdbf5d2f02cbe089add9ba015da