How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libcap-ng-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall libcap-ng-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcap-ng-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.7.7-1
Depends: libcap-ng0 (= 0.7.7-1)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-dev_0.7.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21550
MD5sum: 1f160e948df08dff44a9a8b070ef2b1c
SHA1: d4e7253aef86a253f3fb7181e3e227e405f21063
SHA256: b6e4ad5e73818b96c828a6fff0d5186a6e760d32619cc9d2dda53b03fb7c3e51
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
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m