How to Install libcap-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libcap-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libcap-dev software package provides development libraries and header files for libcap2, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libcap-dev 

libcap-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcap-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcap-dev *

You will get with libcap-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcap-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libcap-dev
Version 1:2.24-0ubuntu2
Description development libraries and header files for libcap2
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcap-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?