Information about the package, libcap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libcap package is designed for, Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities.
Package Name:
libcap
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:
2.16
Release:
5.5.el6
Size:
63 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
LGPLv2+ or BSD
Control the libcap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libcap
This command will install libcap on the server.
yum remove libcap
This command will un-install libcap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libcap
This command will un-install libcap 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update libcap
This command will update libcap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libcap
This command will update libcap 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info libcap
This command will show you core information about the libcap package.
yum deplist libcap
This command will show you the dependencies for libcap. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libcap. 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.