How To Install python3-libselinux on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libselinux in Fedora 36. python3-libselinux is SELinux python 3 bindings for libselinux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libselinux on Fedora 36.

What is python3-libselinux

The libselinux-python3 package contains python 3 bindings for developing SELinux applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-libselinux on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-libselinux.

Install python3-libselinux 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 python3-libselinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-libselinux

Install python3-libselinux 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 python3-libselinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-libselinux

How To Uninstall python3-libselinux on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-libselinux package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-libselinux

python3-libselinux Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/00a760c49fc7c4f4fa3d60da50c18c774bc5ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/8b3a96d50d05ce5ef1b4b8b3caaa13b9470d8e
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/_selinux.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux-3.3-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/_selinux.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/selinux/audit2why.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libselinux on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).