How To Install libsemanage-python on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-python on CentOS 7. libsemanage-python is semanage python bindings for libsemanage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage-python on CentOS 7.

What is libsemanage-python

The libsemanage-python package contains the python bindings for developing SELinux management applications.

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

Install libsemanage-python on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libsemanage-python

Install libsemanage-python 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 libsemanage-python using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsemanage-python

How To Uninstall libsemanage-python on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libsemanage-python

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Summary

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