How to Install and Uninstall libcap-ng0 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libcap-ng0" package

Please follow the steps below to install libcap-ng0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcap-ng0
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcap-ng0" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcap-ng0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap-ng0
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap-ng0 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcap-ng0
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.7.7-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap-ng/libcap-ng0_0.7.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10914
MD5sum: 498c831b80765584fddc822046a0b07f
SHA1: 0dfdd17dd22f302f56038f4c03328ab68d03ef57
SHA256: 5b1b0ad71803032fa814e74fe72a2de739abc9aeb4cc9c08ab0c0d7eb2659ce1
Description-en: An alternate POSIX capabilities library
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 header files and libraries for libcap-ng.
Description-md5: a9611912ade327f38052faa7edd07603
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch