How To Install pure-ftpd-selinux on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pure-ftpd-selinux in Fedora 36. pure-ftpd-selinux is SELinux support for Pure-FTPD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pure-ftpd-selinux on Fedora 36.

What is pure-ftpd-selinux

This package adds SELinux enforcement to Pure-FTPD. Install it if you want Pure-FTPd to be protected in the same way other FTP servers are in Fedora (e.g. VSFTPd and ProFTPd)

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

Install pure-ftpd-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 pure-ftpd-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pure-ftpd-selinux

Install pure-ftpd-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 pure-ftpd-selinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pure-ftpd-selinux

How To Uninstall pure-ftpd-selinux on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pure-ftpd-selinux

pure-ftpd-selinux Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/pure-ftpd-selinux
/usr/share/doc/pure-ftpd-selinux/README.SELinux
/usr/share/selinux/packages/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.pp

References

Summary

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