How To Install selinux-policy-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is selinux-policy-doc
selinux-policy-doc is:
The SELinux Reference Policy (refpolicy) is a complete SELinux policy, as an alternative to the existing strict and targeted policies available from http://selinux.sf.net. The goal is to have this policy as the system policy, be and used as the basis for creating other policies. Refpolicy is based on the current strict and targeted policies, but aims to accomplish many additional goals:
- Strong Modularity
- Clearly stated security Goals
- Documentation
- Development Tool Support
- Forward Looking
- Configurability
- Flexible Base Policy
- Application Policy Variations
- Multi-Level Security
This package contains the documentation for the reference policy.
There are three methods to install selinux-policy-doc 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 selinux-policy-doc 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-policy-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selinux-policy-doc
Install selinux-policy-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux-policy-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selinux-policy-doc
Install selinux-policy-doc 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 selinux-policy-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selinux-policy-doc
How To Uninstall selinux-policy-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the selinux-policy-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selinux-policy-doc
Uninstall selinux-policy-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selinux-policy-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove selinux-policy-doc
Remove selinux-policy-doc Configurations and Data
To remove selinux-policy-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selinux-policy-doc
Remove selinux-policy-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selinux-policy-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux-policy-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
