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

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "libsepol.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install libsepol.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                libsepol.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsepol.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libsepol.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Installed Packages
Name : libsepol
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.5
Release : 8.1.amzn2.0.2
Size : 662 k
Repo : installed
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.