How To Install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7.
What is libcap-ng-utils
The libcap-ng-utils package contains applications to analyze the posix capabilities of all the program running on a system. It also lets you set the file system based capabilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap-ng-utils.
Install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libcap-ng-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcap-ng-utils
Install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7 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-ng-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcap-ng-utils
How To Uninstall libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libcap-ng-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcap-ng-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
