How To Install setools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools on Kali Linux. setools is tools for Security Enhanced Linux policy analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools on Kali Linux.

What is setools

setools is:

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. These are Tools for analysing security policy on SELinux systems.

This package contains the following CLI tools:

  • sediff: SELinux policy difference tool
  • sedta: domain transition analysis for SELinux policies
  • seinfo: SELinux policy information tool
  • seinfoflow: information flow analysis for SELinux policies
  • sesearch: SELinux policy query tool

There are three methods to install setools 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 setools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install setools

Install setools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install setools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install setools

Install setools 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install setools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install setools

How To Uninstall setools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove setools

Uninstall setools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall setools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove setools

Remove setools Configurations and Data

To remove setools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge setools

Remove setools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove setools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge setools

Dependencies

setools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install setools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.