How to Install and Uninstall libcap2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libcap2" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libcap2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcap2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcap2" package

Learn how to uninstall libcap2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcap2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcap2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcap2
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.24-12
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_2.24-12_amd64.deb
Size: 12862
MD5sum: 8adacf8eba5546dd45b21bbdb569c06e
SHA1: 8c653f487a858009cec88aceec5c5e2c498b60de
SHA256: 5060624cdafe4745280b6e4b4069b818c7a1d5344a3931b989a6c12fa5907a4b
Description-en: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
Libcap 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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This package contains the shared library.
Description-md5: cd474c07928607f123b20712016d716e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core