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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libcap2-bin" package

This guide let you learn how to install libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libcap2-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libcap2-bin
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.24-12
Replaces: libcap-bin
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Recommends: libpam-cap
Breaks: libcap-bin
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2-bin_2.24-12_amd64.deb
Size: 20212
MD5sum: a461e30be3350dceab4c6c045c731225
SHA1: 73b5fbc1499eb291363f6741ecd1f68b4a2630ea
SHA256: 772c039c189bc58e745db4664833ded8cd4acb7777470961f6b12e00afe716ce
Description-en: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (utilities)
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 additional utilities.
Description-md5: f223f06c6e812dc45d4b21cbd8163d36
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core