How To Install libsemanage1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage1 on Kali Linux. libsemanage1 is SELinux policy management library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage1 on Kali Linux.

What is libsemanage1

libsemanage1 is:

This package provides the shared libraries for SELinux policy management. It uses libsepol for binary policy manipulation and libselinux for interacting with the SELinux system. It also exec’s helper programs for loading policy and for checking whether the file_contexts configuration is valid (load_policy and setfiles from policycoreutils) presently, although this may change at least for the bootstrapping case

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 libsemanage1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsemanage1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsemanage1

Install libsemanage1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsemanage1

Install libsemanage1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsemanage1

How To Uninstall libsemanage1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsemanage1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsemanage1

Uninstall libsemanage1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsemanage1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsemanage1

Remove libsemanage1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsemanage1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsemanage1

Remove libsemanage1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsemanage1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsemanage1

Dependencies

libsemanage1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.