How To Install libsemanage2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage2 on Debian 12.
What is libsemanage2
libsemanage2 is:
This package provides the shared libraries for SELinux policy management. It uses libsepol for binary policy manipulation and libselinux for interacting with the SELinux system. It also exec’s helper programs for loading policy and for checking whether the file_contexts configuration is valid (load_policy and setfiles from policycoreutils) presently, although this may change at least for the bootstrapping case
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 libsemanage2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsemanage2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsemanage2
Install libsemanage2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsemanage2
Install libsemanage2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsemanage2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsemanage2
How To Uninstall libsemanage2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsemanage2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsemanage2
Uninstall libsemanage2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsemanage2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsemanage2
Remove libsemanage2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsemanage2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsemanage2
Remove libsemanage2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsemanage2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsemanage2
Dependencies
libsemanage2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsemanage2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
