How To Install libcap on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap on CentOS 8.
What is libcap
libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities. libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap.
Install libcap on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libcap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcap
Install libcap on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libcap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcap
How To Uninstall libcap on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libcap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.