How To Install python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8. python3-libsemanage is semanage python 3 bindings for libsemanage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-libsemanage

The libsemanage-python3 package contains the python 3 bindings for developing SELinux management applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-libsemanage.

Install python3-libsemanage 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 python3-libsemanage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-libsemanage

Install python3-libsemanage 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 python3-libsemanage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-libsemanage

How To Uninstall python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-libsemanage package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-libsemanage

python3-libsemanage Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/133c8f95813279ce2da55d6f9160bc7fd84267
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/semanage.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/semanage.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_semanage.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/semanage.py
/usr/libexec/selinux/semanage_migrate_store

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libsemanage on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.