Information about the package, compat-libcap1, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-libcap1 package is designed for, Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities.
Package Name:
compat-libcap1
Summary:
Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Description:
libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.10
Release:
1
Size:
17 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD-like and LGPL
Control the compat-libcap1 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-libcap1
This command will install compat-libcap1 on the server.
yum remove compat-libcap1
This command will un-install compat-libcap1 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-libcap1, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-libcap1
This command will un-install compat-libcap1 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-libcap1 when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-libcap1
This command will update compat-libcap1 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-libcap1, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-libcap1
This command will update compat-libcap1 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-libcap1 when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-libcap1
This command will show you core information about the compat-libcap1 package.
yum deplist compat-libcap1
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-libcap1. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update compat-libcap1
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-libcap1. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.