How To Install tigervnc-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. tigervnc-selinux is SELinux module for TigerVNC

Introduction

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

What is tigervnc-selinux

This package provides the SELinux policy module to ensure TigerVNC runs properly under an environment with SELinux enabled.

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

Install tigervnc-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 tigervnc-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tigervnc-selinux

Install tigervnc-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 tigervnc-selinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tigervnc-selinux

How To Uninstall tigervnc-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tigervnc-selinux

tigervnc-selinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/selinux/packages/vncsession.pp

References

Summary

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