Libcap

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Introduction to Libcap

libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e

Project Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/

Dependencies

Required

• Attr

Optional

• Gperf

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

make

Install the package

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /lib/libcap.so.2.22 &&
mv -v /lib/libcap.a /usr/lib &&
rm /lib/libcap.so &&
ln -sfv ../../lib/libcap.so.2 /usr/lib/libcap.so

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

sed -i "/^lib=/s:=.*:=lib:" Make.Rules &&
make CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" LD="gcc -shared ${BUILD32}"

Install the package

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /lib/libcap.so.2.22 &&
mv -v /lib/libcap.a /usr/lib &&
rm /lib/libcap.so &&
ln -sfv ../../lib/libcap.so.2 /usr/lib/libcap.so

N32

Compile the package:

sed -i "/^lib=/s:=.*:=lib32:" Make.Rules &&
make CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" LD="gcc -shared ${BUILDN32}"

Install the package

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /lib32/libcap.so.2.22 &&
mv -v /lib32/libcap.a /usr/lib32 &&
rm /lib32/libcap.so &&
ln -sfv ../../lib32/libcap.so.2 /usr/lib32/libcap.so

64Bit

Compile the package:

sed -i "/^lib=/s:=.*:=lib64:" Make.Rules &&
make CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" LD="gcc -shared ${BUILD64}"

Install the package

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /lib64/libcap.so.2.22 &&
mv -v /lib64/libcap.a /usr/lib64 &&
rm /lib64/libcap.so &&
ln -sfv ../../lib64/libcap.so.2 /usr/lib64/libcap.so

Download Source:	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-2.22.tar.bz2