How to Install libcap-dev in Ubuntu 18.04



Install libcap-dev by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libcap-dev

Description:

POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (development)

Libcap implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a partitioning of the all powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges. . This package contains the development files.

Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/

Version: 1:2.25-1.2

Section: libdevel