How to Install and Uninstall checkpolicy.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "checkpolicy.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install checkpolicy.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install checkpolicy.x86_64

2. Uninstall "checkpolicy.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall checkpolicy.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:

$ sudo dnf remove checkpolicy.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the checkpolicy.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : checkpolicy
Version : 2.9
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 348 k
Source : checkpolicy-2.9-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : SELinux policy compiler
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.
:
: This package contains checkpolicy, the SELinux policy compiler.
: Only required for building policies.