How to Install and Uninstall libsefs-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "libsefs-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libsefs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsefs-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsefs-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsefs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsefs-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsefs-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsefs-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 297
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian SELinux maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: setools
Version: 3.3.8+20151215-2
Depends: libapol-dev, libsefs4 (= 3.3.8+20151215-2), libsqlite3-dev (>= 3.2)
Filename: pool/universe/s/setools/libsefs-dev_3.3.8+20151215-2_amd64.deb
Size: 49054
MD5sum: 51b057685076254b1506516b00c916b9
SHA1: 0d549596d24a9eb7eab5f73bbefaf2f03a996331
SHA256: 2d0a395607250d5b7dfb936b00033e19db1b5de6e437a026969d0eacd27b9ddc
Description-en: Security Enhanced Linux file context management development
Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux kernel and a number
of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add
mandatory access controls to Linux. This package contains the
headers and archives used for linking to the library routines used
for indexing and analyzing a snapshot of security contexts for
SELinux file-system entities.
Description-md5: be67872d51c175fdfc5701571b9c36d5
Homepage: https://github.com/TresysTechnology/setools3/wiki
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu