How to Install and Uninstall selinux-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the selinux-utils on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "selinux-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install selinux-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                selinux-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "selinux-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall selinux-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                selinux-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the selinux-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: selinux-utils
Source: libselinux (3.4-1)
Version: 3.4-1+b6
Installed-Size: 601
Maintainer: Debian SELinux maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsepol2 (>= 3.4)
Description: SELinux utility programs
Description-md5: 0dfe4ba09954ecdcb854ff898167f98b
Homepage: https://selinuxproject.org
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::user-management, role::program,
scope::utility, security::TODO
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libselinux/selinux-utils_3.4-1+b6_amd64.deb
Size: 126432
MD5sum: 9c55aadeaefa183f679762179866861d
SHA256: 8357d8bfdbde73ff658129c1a6d25a02b4a244bddb2cc444c5a46835e3b8a31f