How to Install and Uninstall libcap-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "libcap-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libcap-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libcap-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libcap-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.66-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libcap2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2815
Provides: libcap2-dev
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.66-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: manpages-dev
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap-dev_2.66-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 588300
MD5sum: 0b608073e46780485a9053f32b030fd5
SHA1: 963c7e10d6425a9001d4270f7c14493526d41406
SHA256: e43c70ad374c96371b903cfa86748b2b0b600b8c5d7219b72c8b4e0d0368df20
SHA512: 0df63cda7b5d7c34299afe767be91a5c2d992dcfd85a470caefee69f41c2f0d736e509b3554f505383221fa772ee62fa599d464b525f5164c9a998483474535f
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Description: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (development)
Description-md5: 71a80949663716b327d81d7b814ba91a