How To Install selinux-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-utils on Kali Linux.
What is selinux-utils
selinux-utils is:
This package provides various utility programs for a Security-enhanced Linux system. Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. This package provides utility programs to get and set process and file security contexts and to obtain security policy decisions.
There are three methods to install selinux-utils 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-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install selinux-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selinux-utilsInstall selinux-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install selinux-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selinux-utilsInstall selinux-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install selinux-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selinux-utilsHow To Uninstall selinux-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the selinux-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selinux-utilsUninstall selinux-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selinux-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove selinux-utilsRemove selinux-utils Configurations and Data
To remove selinux-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selinux-utilsRemove selinux-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selinux-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selinux-utilsDependencies
selinux-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selinux-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
