How To Install libsemanage1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsemanage1-dev
libsemanage1-dev is:
This package provides an API for the management of SELinux policies. It contains the static libraries and header files needed for developing applications that manage SELinux policies.
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 libsemanage1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsemanage1-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsemanage1-dev
Install libsemanage1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsemanage1-dev
Install libsemanage1-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsemanage1-dev
How To Uninstall libsemanage1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsemanage1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsemanage1-dev
Uninstall libsemanage1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsemanage1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsemanage1-dev
Remove libsemanage1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsemanage1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsemanage1-dev
Remove libsemanage1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsemanage1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsemanage1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
