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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libcap2-dbg" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libcap2-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libcap2-dbg

2. Uninstall "libcap2-dbg" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcap2-dbg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libcap2-dbg $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libcap2-dbg package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcap2-dbg
Priority: extra
Section: debug
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.24-12
Depends: libcap2 (= 1:2.24-12), libcap-dev (= 1:2.24-12), libpam-cap (= 1:2.24-12)
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2-dbg_2.24-12_amd64.deb
Size: 53090
MD5sum: bfef9f63b59cb5582b1ffd85a90bcf67
SHA1: e312ecc3bb29466f55c5e74de16f668e8e190ebc
SHA256: 81ecdd0e024eadbdac8cf364b7e41562cafaf7b310fc579cbcfbdb50620aaae2
Description-en: POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (debug)
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.
.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
Description-md5: 62603439a69bf7f52826a20c34a150e8
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
Build-Ids: 36785175511d284ce8437482c76811dcfeb807b7 9e659c45d97b7ee40e0da2499ba2739a76096770 dc8b5d6478d22a5cf2495adaffe5bab1cc8d1a4e deba25f045136e69dd39ea4fd94a9221505b0a96
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m