How To Install setools-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools-devel on CentOS 7. setools-devel is Policy analysis development files for SELinux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools-devel on CentOS 7.

What is setools-devel

SETools is a collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries designed to facilitate SELinux policy analysis. This package includes header files and archives for the following libraries libapol policy analysis library libpoldiff semantic policy difference library libqpol library that abstracts policy internals libseaudit parse and filter SELinux audit messages in log files libsefs SELinux file contexts library SETools is a collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries designed to facilitate SELinux policy analysis. This package includes header files and archives for the following libraries libapol policy analysis library libpoldiff semantic policy difference library libqpol library that abstracts policy internals libseaudit parse and filter SELinux audit messages in log files libsefs SELinux file contexts library

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

Install setools-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install setools-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install setools-devel

Install setools-devel 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 setools-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install setools-devel

How To Uninstall setools-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the setools-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove setools-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.