How To Install selinux-basics on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-basics on Debian 9.
What is selinux-basics
selinux-basics is:
This package will pull in basic SELinux stuff to ease installation, as well as provide scripts and helpers to work around common problems.
There are three methods to install selinux-basics on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install selinux-basics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux-basics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selinux-basics
Install selinux-basics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux-basics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selinux-basics
Install selinux-basics Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux-basics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selinux-basics
How To Uninstall selinux-basics on Debian 9
To uninstall only the selinux-basics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selinux-basics
Uninstall selinux-basics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selinux-basics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove selinux-basics
Remove selinux-basics Configurations and Data
To remove selinux-basics configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selinux-basics
Remove selinux-basics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selinux-basics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux-basics
Dependencies
selinux-basics have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-basics package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
