Information about the package, libcap-ng, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libcap-ng package is designed for, An alternate posix capabilities library.
Package Name:
libcap-ng
Summary:
An alternate posix capabilities library
Description:
Libcap-ng is a library that makes using posix capabilities easier
Architecture:
i686
Version:
0.6.4
Release:
3.el6_0.1
Size:
21 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libcap-ng package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libcap-ng
This command will install libcap-ng on the server.
yum remove libcap-ng
This command will un-install libcap-ng on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libcap-ng
This command will un-install libcap-ng 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 libcap-ng when using the -y flag.
yum update libcap-ng
This command will update libcap-ng to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libcap-ng
This command will update libcap-ng 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 libcap-ng when using the -y flag.
yum info libcap-ng
This command will show you core information about the libcap-ng package.
yum deplist libcap-ng
This command will show you the dependencies for libcap-ng. 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 libcap-ng
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libcap-ng. 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.