How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcap-ng-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libcap-ng-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-ng-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libcap-ng-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.9-2.2build1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libcap-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 73
Depends: libcap-ng0 (= 0.7.9-2.2build1)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-dev_0.7.9-2.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 22108
MD5sum: 02ac5c4fd8684a66e5bdc1b9fd480b2c
SHA1: e6c51cc4a4363f48b81549ac629e4b1ec4b7de9b
SHA256: 309e79fb2d22a5b2293d4ab8dba134c9796b4477c604bde39c7b09ec2379ba9c
SHA512: 137b5d3c5a412bce0dbda74844898fbf9af6d007dcb601d93a91053768e7136750385b0c9b3e1fc86f13a1b07212919c24d4eb187773d6b991c311e3a9fdae57
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Description-en: Development and header files for libcap-ng
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.
Description-md5: 64bc86cc1334255a166399bd218d1df6