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<screen><userinput remap="install">make RAISE_SETFCAP=no prefix=/usr install
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libcap.so</userinput></screen>
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>RAISE_SETFCAP=no</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This parameter skips trying to use <command>setcap</command>
+ on itself. This avoids an installation error if the kernel or file
+ system does not support extended capabilities.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
<para>The shared library needs to be moved to
<filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
<filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in