checkpolicy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "checkpolicy" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install checkpolicy on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                checkpolicy
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall checkpolicy on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                checkpolicy
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "checkpolicy" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone checkpolicy's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/checkpolicy.git 
            
                        
                ~/checkpolicy
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/checkpolicy folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/checkpolicy
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checkpolicy package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1370468
Name: checkpolicy
PackageBaseID: 75041
PackageBase: checkpolicy
Version: 3.6-1
Description: SELinux policy compiler
URL: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.277327
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: IooNag
Submitter: Siosm
FirstSubmitted: 1383509133
LastModified: 1702670116
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/checkpolicy.tar.gz