How To Install setroubleshoot-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install setroubleshoot-server on CentOS 7. setroubleshoot-server is SELinux troubleshoot server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install setroubleshoot-server on CentOS 7.

What is setroubleshoot-server

Provides tools to help diagnose SELinux problems. When AVC messages are generated an alert can be generated that will give information about the problem and help track its resolution. Alerts can be configured to user preference. The same tools can be run on existing log files.

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

Install setroubleshoot-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install setroubleshoot-server

Install setroubleshoot-server 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 setroubleshoot-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install setroubleshoot-server

How To Uninstall setroubleshoot-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the setroubleshoot-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove setroubleshoot-server

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Summary

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