How To Install setools-console on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install setools-console on CentOS 8.
What is setools-console
SETools is a collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries designed to facilitate SELinux policy analysis. This package includes the following console tools sediff Compare two policies to find differences. seinfo List policy components. sesearch Search rules (allow, type_transition, etc.)
We can use yum or dnf to install setools-console on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install setools-console.
Install setools-console on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install setools-console using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install setools-console
Install setools-console on CentOS 8 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 setools-console using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install setools-console
How To Uninstall setools-console on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the setools-console package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove setools-console
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install setools-console on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.