How To Install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libselinux-utils is SELinux libselinux utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libselinux-utils

The libselinux-utils package contains the utilities

We can use yum or dnf to install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libselinux-utils.

Install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libselinux-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libselinux-utils

Install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libselinux-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libselinux-utils

How To Uninstall libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libselinux-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libselinux-utils

libselinux-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/7e6abca98d4334538262d8d7c5d74187229a90
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/2a503c547d4f9f465d1ac1c82e92e94a7b2b09
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/1b0eefd3b145d12113acc1f90e02705d18f464
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/d7c028997ddf9376e52ae5b177a2b99a5789f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/c25a33f61f5a58aa81430733a94067d1261e28
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/81d9c73823611a5d68d94565f323f64062c672
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/900bfc418f2a18b192120e5a4359d222df238b
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/51231d7365f427d0dd9f759d6b5be342a07a4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/458f435ad64fb1859be7c5aee5ff5eebec5f1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/fca8a58386fb61d8f708560bfa3e2630bb912d
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2b40f6f0db307eb59a74a3c315e1c4a87619b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/517dda9ed43c7d0d877aa68988b475b94e1b95
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/bfab4a5c22475f6a2b84c6aed9a798c32a34a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/a88e94cc9ea728608a0b9ab2857d8444f64683
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/5adf7e926b8b539071e3143a86186f1d634d04
/usr/sbin/avcstat
/usr/sbin/getenforce
/usr/sbin/getsebool
/usr/sbin/matchpathcon
/usr/sbin/sefcontext_compile
/usr/sbin/selabel_digest
/usr/sbin/selabel_lookup
/usr/sbin/selabel_lookup_best_match
/usr/sbin/selabel_partial_match
/usr/sbin/selinux_check_access
/usr/sbin/selinuxconlist
/usr/sbin/selinuxdefcon
/usr/sbin/selinuxenabled
/usr/sbin/selinuxexeccon
/usr/sbin/setenforce
/usr/share/man/man5/booleans.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/customizable_types.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/default_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/default_type.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/failsafe_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/file_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/file_contexts.homedirs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/file_contexts.local.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/file_contexts.subs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/file_contexts.subs_dist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/local.users.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/media.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/removable_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/secolor.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/securetty_types.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/selabel_db.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/selabel_file.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/selabel_media.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/selabel_x.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sepgsql_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/service_seusers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/seusers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/user_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/virtual_domain_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/virtual_image_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/x_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/avcstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/getenforce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/getsebool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/matchpathcon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sefcontext_compile.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/selinux.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/selinuxconlist.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/selinuxdefcon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/selinuxenabled.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/selinuxexeccon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/setenforce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/booleans.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/customizable_types.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/default_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/default_type.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/failsafe_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/file_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/file_contexts.homedirs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/file_contexts.local.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/file_contexts.subs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/file_contexts.subs_dist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/local.users.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/media.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/removable_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/secolor.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/securetty_types.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/selabel_db.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/selabel_file.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/selabel_media.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/selabel_x.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/sepgsql_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/service_seusers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/seusers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/user_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/virtual_domain_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/virtual_image_context.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/x_contexts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/avcstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/getenforce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/getsebool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/matchpathcon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sefcontext_compile.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/selinux.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/selinuxenabled.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/selinuxexeccon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/setenforce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/togglesebool.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.