How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng0 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng0" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libcap-ng0 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcap-ng0
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcap-ng0" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcap-ng0 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-ng0
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng0 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libcap-ng0
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.9-2.2build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: libcap-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng0_0.7.9-2.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 11000
MD5sum: 4226e69b0ca3c302df8bcaed53614bc0
SHA1: 21c1dfea4b49fe67bd365b3c4cb3236a59b9040c
SHA256: 05f16545ade5fe2321daf4f3c736b0725135b90c5faa49870f967998f6cbc36a
SHA512: 406079367034882cbcadd98d174c5b04bbfae09afc1d25886434434d90072f363bb5fbca78e3c3106e5114bb635aeae216f6fb0dc40dec004b4e64b8249d843d
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Description-en: An alternate POSIX capabilities library
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 header files and libraries for libcap-ng.
Description-md5: a9611912ade327f38052faa7edd07603
Task: minimal