How To Install python-selinux on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-selinux on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-selinux
python-selinux is:
This package provides the Python bindings needed for developing Python SELinux applications.
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 python-selinux 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 python-selinux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-selinux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-selinux
Install python-selinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-selinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-selinux
Install python-selinux 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 python-selinux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-selinux
How To Uninstall python-selinux on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-selinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-selinux
Uninstall python-selinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-selinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-selinux
Remove python-selinux Configurations and Data
To remove python-selinux configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-selinux
Remove python-selinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-selinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-selinux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-selinux package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
