How To Install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-python3 in Fedora 36. libcap-ng-python3 is Python3 bindings for libcap-ng library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36.

What is libcap-ng-python3

The libcap-ng-python3 package contains the bindings so that libcap-ng and can be used by python3 applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap-ng-python3.

Install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcap-ng-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcap-ng-python3

Install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcap-ng-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcap-ng-python3

How To Uninstall libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libcap-ng-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcap-ng-python3

libcap-ng-python3 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/eda71fe7bb9319a0c91a456bb798cfc5cb90ea
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/capng.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/capng.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/_capng.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/capng.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-python3 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).