How to Install and Uninstall selinux-utils Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "selinux-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install selinux-utils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall selinux-utils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: selinux-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-1build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: libselinux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian SELinux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 627
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libselinux1 (>= 3.0), libsepol1 (>= 3.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libselinux/selinux-utils_3.0-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 121512
MD5sum: b4a6cc419455d433c0c5039c32727ef8
SHA1: 97333e0f27ca9d99773ce17c7806c54b77e1a5c0
SHA256: 921f6053cce6b2f26b752379361615f7bc64bbfe500c9e5ae8e2b340282e3cba
Homepage: http://userspace.selinuxproject.org/
Description: SELinux utility programs
Description-md5: 0dfe4ba09954ecdcb854ff898167f98b