How To Install python3-sepolgen on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-sepolgen on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-sepolgen is Python3 module used in SELinux policy generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sepolgen on Debian 12.

What is python3-sepolgen

python3-sepolgen is:

This package contains a Python3 module that forms the core of the modern audit2allow (which is a part of the package policycoreutils).

The sepolgen library is structured to give flexibility to the application using it. The library contains: Reference Policy Representation, which are Objects for representing policies and the reference policy interfaces. Secondly, it has objects and algorithms for representing access and sets of access in an abstract way and searching that access. It also has a parser for reference policy “headers”. It contains infrastructure for parsing SELinux related messages as produced by the audit system. It has facilities for generating policy based on required access.

There are three methods to install python3-sepolgen 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 python3-sepolgen Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sepolgen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sepolgen

Install python3-sepolgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sepolgen using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-sepolgen

Install python3-sepolgen 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 python3-sepolgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sepolgen

How To Uninstall python3-sepolgen on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-sepolgen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-sepolgen

Uninstall python3-sepolgen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-sepolgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sepolgen

Remove python3-sepolgen Configurations and Data

To remove python3-sepolgen configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sepolgen

Remove python3-sepolgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-sepolgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sepolgen

Dependencies

python3-sepolgen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sepolgen package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.