How to Install and Uninstall checkpolicy.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "checkpolicy.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install checkpolicy.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                checkpolicy.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "checkpolicy.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall checkpolicy.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checkpolicy.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : checkpolicy
Version : 2.9
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 346 k
Source : checkpolicy-2.9-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
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.
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: This package contains checkpolicy, the SELinux policy compiler.
: Only required for building policies.