How To Install netlabel_tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netlabel_tools on CentOS 8.
What is netlabel_tools
NetLabel is a kernel subsystem which implements explicit packet labeling protocols such as CIPSO for Linux. Packet labeling is used in secure networks to mark packets with the security attributes of the data they contain. This package provides the necessary user space tools to query and configure the kernel subsystem.
We can use yum or dnf to install netlabel_tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netlabel_tools.
Install netlabel_tools 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 netlabel_tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install netlabel_tools
Install netlabel_tools 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 netlabel_tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install netlabel_tools
How To Uninstall netlabel_tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the netlabel_tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove netlabel_tools
netlabel_tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/netlabel.rules
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/aad4c498112ca95aba94870111ddd44880dc72
/usr/lib/systemd/system/netlabel.service
/usr/sbin/netlabel-config
/usr/sbin/netlabelctl
/usr/share/doc/netlabel_tools
/usr/share/doc/netlabel_tools/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/netlabel_tools/README
/usr/share/doc/netlabel_tools/SUBMITTING_PATCHES
/usr/share/licenses/netlabel_tools
/usr/share/licenses/netlabel_tools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/netlabel-config.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/netlabelctl.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netlabel_tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.