How To Install mysql-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. mysql-selinux is SELinux policy modules for MySQL and MariaDB packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-selinux on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mysql-selinux

SELinux policy modules for MySQL and MariaDB packages.

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

Install mysql-selinux 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 mysql-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mysql-selinux

Install mysql-selinux 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 mysql-selinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mysql-selinux

How To Uninstall mysql-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mysql-selinux package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mysql-selinux

mysql-selinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/mysql-selinux
/usr/share/licenses/mysql-selinux/COPYING
/usr/share/selinux/packages/mysql.pp.bz2
/var/lib/selinux/targeted/active/modules/200/mysql

References

Summary

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