How To Install libsepol2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsepol2 on Ubuntu.
What is libsepol2
libsepol2 is:
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.
libsepol provides an API for the manipulation of SELinux binary policies. It is used by checkpolicy (the policy compiler) and similar tools, as well as by programs like load_policy that need to perform specific transformations on binary policies such as customizing policy boolean settings.
There are three methods to install libsepol2 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 libsepol2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsepol2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsepol2
Install libsepol2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsepol2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsepol2
Install libsepol2 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 libsepol2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsepol2
How To Uninstall libsepol2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libsepol2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsepol2
Uninstall libsepol2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsepol2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsepol2
Remove libsepol2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsepol2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsepol2
Remove libsepol2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsepol2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsepol2
Dependencies
libsepol2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsepol2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.