How To Install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8

snapd-selinux is SELinux module for snapd

Introduction

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

What is snapd-selinux

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install snapd-selinux

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

sudo yum -y install snapd-selinux

How To Uninstall snapd-selinux on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove snapd-selinux

snapd-selinux Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/snapd-selinux
/usr/share/doc/snapd-selinux/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/snapd-selinux
/usr/share/licenses/snapd-selinux/COPYING
/usr/share/selinux/devel/include/contrib/snappy.if
/usr/share/selinux/packages/snappy.pp.bz2

References

Summary

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