How to Install and Uninstall libcap2-bin Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libcap2-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libcap2-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.44-1build1
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 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.33)
Recommends: libpam-cap
Breaks: libcap-bin
Replaces: libcap-bin
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2-bin_2.44-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 24856
MD5sum: 879b39d6c56936a0cb3fd47ab00f7036
SHA1: 7ac214af0c98e4295c82bc356e9d6f94b3d61359
SHA256: 8c281daebd6f1af8b081bd2e84aee79e8f70e26bc7b9c26b151e75cebcfdb2fd
SHA512: dcbca1e16c9902ae5625fd4f5efc6b2e2c1bfe1a46b1a8d40d86baae1512450966d5f33eb37938e7d0d6f244789bb5e3998dddf001a76309a13fa283ef79d162
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