How To Install rpm-plugin-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. rpm-plugin-selinux is Rpm plugin for SELinux functionality

Introduction

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

What is `rpm-plugin-selinux`

Rpm plugin for SELinux functionality

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

Install rpm-plugin-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 rpm-plugin-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-plugin-selinux

Install rpm-plugin-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 rpm-plugin-selinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-plugin-selinux

How To Uninstall rpm-plugin-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rpm-plugin-selinux

rpm-plugin-selinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/883189bc6ebf9306492f87c45f608edf347e83
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/selinux.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/12407e8a1f6c0d802220854afd55fe00025f87
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/selinux.so

References

rpm-plugin-selinux website

Summary

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