How To Install copr-selinux on CentOS 8

copr-selinux is SELinux module for COPR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install copr-selinux on CentOS 8.

What is copr-selinux

COPR is lightweight build system. It allows you to create new project in WebUI, and submit new builds and COPR will create yum repository from latest builds. This package include SELinux targeted module for COPR

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

Install copr-selinux on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install copr-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install copr-selinux

Install copr-selinux on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install copr-selinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install copr-selinux

How To Uninstall copr-selinux on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove copr-selinux

copr-selinux Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/sbin/copr-selinux-enable
/usr/sbin/copr-selinux-relabel
/usr/share/licenses/copr-selinux
/usr/share/licenses/copr-selinux/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/copr-selinux-enable.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/copr-selinux-relabel.8.gz
/usr/share/selinux/targeted/copr.pp.bz2

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install copr-selinux on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.