How to Install and Uninstall selinux-basics Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "selinux-basics" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install selinux-basics on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                selinux-basics
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "selinux-basics" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall selinux-basics on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: selinux-basics
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 87
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian SELinux maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.2
Depends: checkpolicy, policycoreutils, selinux-utils, python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2)
Recommends: setools, selinux-policy-default
Suggests: logcheck, syslog-summary
Breaks: selinux-policy-default (<= 2:0.2.20100524-4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/selinux-basics/selinux-basics_0.5.2_all.deb
Size: 14972
MD5sum: 4093518b1b434cdb89de3adce4751c17
SHA1: af2895a0f2bff289237cc1dace2b5f12b52e42a3
SHA256: 165e9f5c1f05f8821874a5f0a8cf79881850d980ada932900bb287db99f7b469
Description-en: SELinux basic support
This package will pull in basic SELinux stuff to ease installation, as well
as provide scripts and helpers to work around common problems.
Description-md5: dca2ca41603c7b932fd8870763cff243
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu