How To Install policycoreutils-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-devel on Rocky Linux 8. policycoreutils-devel is SELinux policy core policy devel utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is policycoreutils-devel

The policycoreutils-devel package contains the management tools use to develop policy in an SELinux environment.

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

Install policycoreutils-devel 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 policycoreutils-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install policycoreutils-devel

Install policycoreutils-devel 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 policycoreutils-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install policycoreutils-devel

How To Uninstall policycoreutils-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the policycoreutils-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove policycoreutils-devel

policycoreutils-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/sepolgen
/usr/bin/sepolgen-ifgen
/usr/bin/sepolgen-ifgen-attr-helper
/usr/bin/sepolicy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/13ad60a34af36f658aeb661946b6849fd09868
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sepolicy
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-communicate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-generate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-interface.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-manpage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-network.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-transition.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-communicate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-generate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-gui.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-interface.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-manpage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-network.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-transition.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy.8.gz
/var/lib/sepolgen
/var/lib/sepolgen/perm_map
/usr/bin/sepolgen
/usr/bin/sepolgen-ifgen
/usr/bin/sepolgen-ifgen-attr-helper
/usr/bin/sepolicy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/3e3d8c9bb4ce86717afdf0d5c32e6fc75831e3
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sepolicy
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-communicate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-generate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-interface.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-manpage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-network.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy-transition.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sepolicy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-booleans.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-communicate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-generate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-gui.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-interface.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-manpage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-network.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy-transition.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sepolicy.8.gz
/var/lib/sepolgen
/var/lib/sepolgen/perm_map

References

Summary

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