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

Last updated: October 09,2024

1. Install "libsemanage.x86_64" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libsemanage.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 libsemanage.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Installed Packages
Name : libsemanage
Version : 2.9
Release : 9.el8_6
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 305 k
Source : libsemanage-2.9-9.el8_6.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : SELinux binary policy manipulation library
URL : https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
License : LGPLv2+
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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: libsemanage provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary policies.
: It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar tools, as well
: as by programs like load_policy that need to perform specific transformations
: on binary policies such as customizing policy boolean settings.