How To Install libseccomp on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseccomp on CentOS 7.
What is libseccomp
The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel. The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel.
We can use yum or dnf to install libseccomp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libseccomp.
Install libseccomp on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libseccomp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libseccomp
Install libseccomp on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libseccomp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libseccomp
How To Uninstall libseccomp on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libseccomp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libseccomp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseccomp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
