How To Install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd on CentOS 8

rpm-plugin-fapolicyd is Rpm plugin for fapolicyd functionality

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd on CentOS 8.

What is rpm-plugin-fapolicyd

Rpm plugin for fapolicyd functionality.

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

Install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd 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 rpm-plugin-fapolicyd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd

Install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd 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 rpm-plugin-fapolicyd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd

How To Uninstall rpm-plugin-fapolicyd on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rpm-plugin-fapolicyd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpm-plugin-fapolicyd

rpm-plugin-fapolicyd Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/3aaf36789af108ad1cd4323c59f82b55ecf2ca
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/fapolicyd.so
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm-plugin-fapolicyd.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/56c636ae8e6237a3097b561aee0de6abdf4bed
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/fapolicyd.so
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm-plugin-fapolicyd.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-fapolicyd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.