How To Install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-selinux in Fedora 36. php-pecl-selinux is SELinux binding for PHP scripting language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36.

What is php-pecl-selinux

This package is an extension to the PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. It wraps the libselinux library and provides a set of interfaces to the PHP runtime engine. The libselinux is a set of application program interfaces towards in-kernel SELinux, contains get/set security context, communicate security server, translate between raw and readable format and so on.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-selinux.

Install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-selinux

Install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-selinux

How To Uninstall php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-selinux

php-pecl-selinux Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/php-zts.d/40-selinux.ini
/etc/php.d/40-selinux.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/37a655102ec3ee1d643a472f4f2ee262527fed
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/6b40d14819aa8652472e7c83b19350521d83b8
/usr/lib64/php-zts/modules/selinux.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/selinux.so
/usr/share/doc/pecl/selinux
/usr/share/doc/pecl/selinux/README
/usr/share/licenses/php-pecl-selinux
/usr/share/licenses/php-pecl-selinux/LICENSE
/var/lib/php/peclxml/php-pecl-selinux.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-selinux on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).