How To Install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8. policycoreutils-dbus is SELinux policy core DBUS api

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8.

What is policycoreutils-dbus

The policycoreutils-dbus package contains the management DBUS API use to manage an SELinux environment.

We can use yum or dnf to install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install policycoreutils-dbus.

Install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install policycoreutils-dbus

Install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8 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 policycoreutils-dbus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install policycoreutils-dbus

How To Uninstall policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the policycoreutils-dbus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove policycoreutils-dbus

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-dbus on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.