How To Install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7. selinux-policy-minimum is SELinux minimum base policy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7.

What is selinux-policy-minimum

SELinux Reference policy minimum base module.

We can use yum or dnf to install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install selinux-policy-minimum.

Install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install selinux-policy-minimum using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install selinux-policy-minimum

Install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install selinux-policy-minimum using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install selinux-policy-minimum

How To Uninstall selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove selinux-policy-minimum

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-policy-minimum on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.