How To Install libsemanage-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 415 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-common on Ubuntu.
What is libsemanage-common
libsemanage-common is:
This package provides the common files used by the shared libraries for SELinux policy management.
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. 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.
There are three methods to install libsemanage-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsemanage-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsemanage-common
Install libsemanage-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsemanage-common
Install libsemanage-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsemanage-common
How To Uninstall libsemanage-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libsemanage-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsemanage-common
Uninstall libsemanage-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsemanage-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsemanage-common
Remove libsemanage-common Configurations and Data
To remove libsemanage-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsemanage-common
Remove libsemanage-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsemanage-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsemanage-common
Dependencies
libsemanage-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.