How To Install selinux-basics on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-basics on Kali Linux.

What is selinux-basics

selinux-basics is:

This package will pull in basic SELinux stuff to ease installation, as well as provide scripts and helpers to work around common problems.

There are three methods to install selinux-basics 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 selinux-basics Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install selinux-basics

Install selinux-basics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install selinux-basics

Install selinux-basics 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 selinux-basics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install selinux-basics

How To Uninstall selinux-basics on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the selinux-basics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove selinux-basics

Uninstall selinux-basics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove selinux-basics

Remove selinux-basics Configurations and Data

To remove selinux-basics configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge selinux-basics

Remove selinux-basics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux-basics

Dependencies

selinux-basics have the following dependencies:

• checkpolicy
• policycoreutils
• selinux-utils
• perl

References

• selinux-basics website

Summary

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