How To Install libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8. libcap-ng is An alternate posix capabilities library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libcap-ng`

Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier

We can use yum or dnf to install libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap-ng.

Install libcap-ng 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcap-ng

Install libcap-ng 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcap-ng

How To Uninstall libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libcap-ng

libcap-ng Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib/libcap-ng.so.0
/lib/libcap-ng.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/773920321a16d9a4ae6bfb933c4d75d6ccd56f
/usr/share/licenses/libcap-ng
/usr/share/licenses/libcap-ng/COPYING.LIB
/lib64/libcap-ng.so.0
/lib64/libcap-ng.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/c225d3041bc06c887727f1964a77a4b162e838
/usr/share/licenses/libcap-ng
/usr/share/licenses/libcap-ng/COPYING.LIB

References

libcap-ng website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.