How to Install libcap2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libcap2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libcap2 software package provides support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities, 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 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 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libcap2
Version 1:2.24-0ubuntu2
Description support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcap2 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?