How to Install libcap2 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install libcap2 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

libcap2 software package provides support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libcap2 

libcap2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcap2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcap2 *

You will get with libcap2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcap2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Libraries
Package libcap2
Version 1:2.22-1ubuntu3
Description support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcap2 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?