How to Install and Uninstall libselinux.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "libselinux.x86_64" package

Learn how to install libselinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libselinux.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libselinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                libselinux.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libselinux.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Installed Packages
Name : libselinux
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.5
Release : 12.amzn2.0.2
Size : 213 k
Repo : installed
Summary : SELinux library and simple utilities
URL : https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
License : Public Domain
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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: libselinux provides an API for SELinux applications to get and set
: process and file security contexts and to obtain security policy
: decisions. Required for any applications that use the SELinux
: API.