How To Install libsemanage-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-common on Kali Linux.

What is libsemanage-common

libsemanage-common is:

This package provides the common files used by the shared libraries for SELinux policy management.

Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security.

There are three methods to install libsemanage-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsemanage-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsemanage-common

Install libsemanage-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsemanage-common

Install libsemanage-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsemanage-common

How To Uninstall libsemanage-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsemanage-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsemanage-common

Uninstall libsemanage-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsemanage-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsemanage-common

Remove libsemanage-common Configurations and Data

To remove libsemanage-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsemanage-common

Remove libsemanage-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsemanage-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsemanage-common

Dependencies

libsemanage-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libsemanage-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.