How To Install python3-cap-ng on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cap-ng on Debian 10.
What is python3-cap-ng
python3-cap-ng 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 the Python3 bindings for libcap-ng.
There are three methods to install python3-cap-ng on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-cap-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cap-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cap-ng
Install python3-cap-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cap-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cap-ng
Install python3-cap-ng 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 python3-cap-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cap-ng
How To Uninstall python3-cap-ng on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-cap-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cap-ng
Uninstall python3-cap-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cap-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cap-ng
Remove python3-cap-ng Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cap-ng configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cap-ng
Remove python3-cap-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cap-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cap-ng
Dependencies
python3-cap-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cap-ng package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.