How To Install sepol-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sepol-utils on Kali Linux.
What is sepol-utils
sepol-utils is:
This package provides a utility for a Security-enhanced Linux system to rewrite existing mandatory access control policy with different boolean setting, generating a new policy. 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 sepol-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 sepol-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install sepol-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sepol-utilsInstall sepol-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install sepol-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sepol-utilsInstall sepol-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 sepol-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sepol-utilsHow To Uninstall sepol-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the sepol-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sepol-utilsUninstall sepol-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sepol-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sepol-utilsRemove sepol-utils Configurations and Data
To remove sepol-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sepol-utilsRemove sepol-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sepol-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sepol-utilsDependencies
sepol-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sepol-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.