How to Install and Uninstall python3-cap-ng Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python3-cap-ng" package

Please follow the instructions below to install python3-cap-ng on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python3-cap-ng" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall python3-cap-ng on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-cap-ng package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python3-cap-ng
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Architecture: amd64
Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.7.7-1
Provides: python3.5-cap-ng
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python3 (<< 3.6), python3 (>= 3.5~)
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcap-ng/python3-cap-ng_0.7.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16586
MD5sum: 28bec34359aec2b23e87be2bcdd84cb4
SHA1: d5a8746dd093371a4a28283d3bb4c28a57300e81
SHA256: 8f6edaf5d25ea6ec590437b8f5c752aebd5ea1e509eb9c189f10db7b22d5b02f
Description-en: Python3 bindings for libcap-ng
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 the Python3 bindings for libcap-ng.
Description-md5: 521b77645310fef36116cdd36c66ce26
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu