How To Install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. flatpak-selinux is SELinux policy module for flatpak

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8.

What is flatpak-selinux

This package contains the SELinux policy module for flatpak.

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

Install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install flatpak-selinux

Install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install flatpak-selinux

How To Uninstall flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove flatpak-selinux

flatpak-selinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/selinux/devel/include/contrib/flatpak.if
/usr/share/selinux/packages/flatpak.pp.bz2

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.