How To Install selinux-policy on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy on Rocky Linux 8.
What is selinux-policy
SELinux Base package for SELinux Reference Policy - modular. Based off of reference policy
We can use yum or dnf to install selinux-policy on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install selinux-policy.
Install selinux-policy 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 selinux-policy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install selinux-policy
Install selinux-policy 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 selinux-policy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install selinux-policy
How To Uninstall selinux-policy on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the selinux-policy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove selinux-policy
selinux-policy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/selinux
/etc/selinux/config
/etc/sysconfig/selinux
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.selinux-policy
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/selinux-policy.conf
/usr/share/licenses/selinux-policy
/usr/share/licenses/selinux-policy/COPYING
/usr/share/selinux
/usr/share/selinux/packages
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
