How To Install selinux on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is selinux
selinux is:
This package provides the minimal scripts necessary to run a Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) system.
There are three methods to install selinux 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selinux
Install selinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install selinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selinux
Install selinux 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selinux
How To Uninstall selinux on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the selinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selinux
Uninstall selinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove selinux
Remove selinux Configurations and Data
To remove selinux configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selinux
Remove selinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
