How to Install and Uninstall libsepol.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libsepol.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install libsepol.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                libsepol.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsepol.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsepol.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsepol.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:10 ago on Mon Sep 5 03:22:42 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : libsepol
Version : 2.9
Release : 3.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 744 k
Source : libsepol-2.9-3.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : SELinux binary policy manipulation library
URL : https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
License : LGPLv2+
Description : Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux® kernel and a number
: of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add
: mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux
: kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to
: improve the security of the Flask operating system. These
: architectural components provide general support for the enforcement
: of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those
: based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access
: Control, and Multi-level Security.
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: libsepol provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary policies.
: It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar tools, as well
: as by programs like load_policy that need to perform specific transformations
: on binary policies such as customizing policy boolean settings.