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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "selinux-policy-ubuntu" package

This tutorial shows how to install selinux-policy-ubuntu on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                selinux-policy-ubuntu
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "selinux-policy-ubuntu" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall selinux-policy-ubuntu on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: selinux-policy-ubuntu
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 36113
Maintainer: Ubuntu Hardened Developers
Original-Maintainer: Caleb Case
Architecture: all
Source: refpolicy-ubuntu
Version: 0.2.20091117-0ubuntu2
Replaces: selinux-policy-default
Provides: selinux-policy, selinux-policy-default
Depends: python, checkpolicy (>= 2.0.7), gawk
Pre-Depends: selinux, policycoreutils (>= 2.0.35)
Conflicts: selinux-policy-default
Filename: pool/universe/r/refpolicy-ubuntu/selinux-policy-ubuntu_0.2.20091117-0ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 2803672
MD5sum: 34c1cb055a223e2c032eba789f86dd72
SHA1: 83e196c35fefc340010d3a1968513730b168c180
SHA256: 71e7f506617831b000543ff3aff62387a6c71f141a92c7c03df01746d43b35a0
Description-en: Security-Enhanced Linux Reference Policy
The SELinux Reference Policy project (refpolicy) is a complete SELinux policy
that can be used as the system policy for a variety of systems and used as the
basis for creating other policies. Reference Policy was originally based on
the NSA example policy, but aims to accomplish many additional goals:
+ Strong Modularity
+ Security Goals
+ Documentation
+ Development Tool Support
+ Forward Looking
+ Configurability
+ Flexible Base Policy
+ Application Policy Variations
+ Multi-Level Security
Description-md5: 47340d9e06756a7388877085a99c4da9
Homepage: http://oss.tresys.com/projects/refpolicy
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu