How To Install libcap-ng-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils on Debian 12.
What is libcap-ng-utils
libcap-ng-utils is:
This library implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a partitioning of the all powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges.
The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library.
This package contains utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities.
There are three methods to install libcap-ng-utils on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcap-ng-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcap-ng-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcap-ng-utils
Install libcap-ng-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcap-ng-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcap-ng-utils
Install libcap-ng-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcap-ng-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcap-ng-utils
How To Uninstall libcap-ng-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcap-ng-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcap-ng-utils
Uninstall libcap-ng-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcap-ng-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcap-ng-utils
Remove libcap-ng-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libcap-ng-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcap-ng-utils
Remove libcap-ng-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcap-ng-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcap-ng-utils
Dependencies
libcap-ng-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
