How To Install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7. libselinux-python3 is SELinux python 3 bindings for libselinux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7.

What is libselinux-python3

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

We can use yum or dnf to install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libselinux-python3.

Install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libselinux-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libselinux-python3

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

sudo dnf -y install libselinux-python3

How To Uninstall libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libselinux-python3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libselinux-python3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.