How To Install libcap-ng-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.