How to Install and Uninstall libselinux.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "libselinux.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libselinux.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libselinux.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                libselinux.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libselinux.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 2:10:26 ago on Mon Sep 12 10:27:18 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : libselinux
Version : 2.9
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 165 k
Source : libselinux-2.9-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : SELinux library and simple utilities
URL : https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
License : Public Domain
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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: libselinux provides an API for SELinux applications to get and set
: process and file security contexts and to obtain security policy
: decisions. Required for any applications that use the SELinux API.