How To Install selinux-policy-dummy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-dummy
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is selinux-policy-dummy
selinux-policy-dummy is:
This package is used to satisfy package dependencies, but does not contain an actual SELinux policy. This package should be installed if the system administrator is developing a custom SELinux policy.
There are three methods to install selinux-policy-dummy
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-dummy 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-dummy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selinux-policy-dummy
Install selinux-policy-dummy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux-policy-dummy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selinux-policy-dummy
Install selinux-policy-dummy 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-dummy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selinux-policy-dummy
How To Uninstall selinux-policy-dummy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the selinux-policy-dummy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selinux-policy-dummy
Uninstall selinux-policy-dummy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selinux-policy-dummy
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-dummy
Remove selinux-policy-dummy Configurations and Data
To remove selinux-policy-dummy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selinux-policy-dummy
Remove selinux-policy-dummy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selinux-policy-dummy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux-policy-dummy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-dummy
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.