How To Install secilc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install secilc on Kali Linux. secilc is SELinux CIL compiler

Introduction

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

What is secilc

secilc 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.

The SELinux CIL Compiler is a compiler that converts the CIL language as described on the CIL design wiki into a kernel binary policy file.

There are three methods to install secilc 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 secilc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install secilc

Install secilc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install secilc

Install secilc 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 secilc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install secilc

How To Uninstall secilc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove secilc

Uninstall secilc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove secilc

Remove secilc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge secilc

Remove secilc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secilc

Dependencies

secilc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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