How to Install and Uninstall policycoreutils.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 13,2025

1. Install "policycoreutils.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install policycoreutils.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall policycoreutils.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the policycoreutils.x86_64 package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : policycoreutils
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.5
Release : 34.el7
Size : 5.1 M
Repo : installed
From repo : anaconda
Summary : SELinux policy core utilities
URL : http://www.selinuxproject.org
License : GPLv2
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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: policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are
: required for basic operation of a SELinux system. These utilities
: include load_policy to load policies, setfiles to label
: filesystems, newrole to switch roles.