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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libcap-ng-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libcap-ng-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-ng-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng-utils package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcap-ng-utils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.7.7-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcap-ng0 (= 0.7.7-1)
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-utils_0.7.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 14930
MD5sum: 4dbc98dc06850664bbd8fe183dabe0ff
SHA1: 84637cd818f1190ea6758717d6059415fd90cd5b
SHA256: f39345ce9983ad5857d5f02bbecd4fbebfe3f018540681fc3646e5708d78f6da
Description-en: Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
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 utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities.
Description-md5: fbe5ccdbf5d2f02cbe089add9ba015da
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu