How To Install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libcap-ng-devel
The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing applications that need to use the libcap-ng library.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap-ng-devel.
Install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcap-ng-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcap-ng-devel
Install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcap-ng-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcap-ng-devel
How To Uninstall libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libcap-ng-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcap-ng-devel
libcap-ng-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/cap-ng.h
/usr/lib/libcap-ng.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap-ng.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/cap-ng.m4
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_apply.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_capability_to_name.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_change_id.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_clear.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_fill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_get_caps_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_get_caps_process.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_have_capabilities.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_have_capability.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_lock.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_name_to_capability.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_print_caps_numeric.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_print_caps_text.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_restore_state.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_save_state.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_set_caps_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_setpid.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_update.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_updatev.3.gz
/usr/include/cap-ng.h
/usr/lib64/libcap-ng.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libcap-ng.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/cap-ng.m4
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_apply.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_capability_to_name.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_change_id.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_clear.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_fill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_get_caps_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_get_caps_process.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_have_capabilities.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_have_capability.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_lock.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_name_to_capability.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_print_caps_numeric.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_print_caps_text.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_restore_state.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_save_state.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_set_caps_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_setpid.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_update.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/capng_updatev.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
