How To Install restorecond on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install restorecond on Kali Linux. restorecond is SELinux core policy utilities (restorecond utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install restorecond on Kali Linux.

What is restorecond

restorecond is:

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.

This package contains restorecond to restore contexts of files that often get the wrong context.

There are three methods to install restorecond on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install restorecond Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install restorecond

Install restorecond Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install restorecond using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install restorecond

Install restorecond Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install restorecond using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install restorecond

How To Uninstall restorecond on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the restorecond package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove restorecond

Uninstall restorecond And Its Dependencies

To uninstall restorecond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove restorecond

Remove restorecond Configurations and Data

To remove restorecond configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge restorecond

Remove restorecond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge restorecond

Dependencies

restorecond have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install restorecond package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.