How To Install secil2conf on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install secilc

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is secil2conf and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install secil2conf on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install secil2conf using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install secil2conf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install secilc

Install secil2conf using apt

Because secil2conf is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install secil2conf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install secilc

Install secil2conf using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install secil2conf by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install secilc

How to upgrade (update) a single package secil2conf using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the secil2conf, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install secilc

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install secilc

How To Uninstall secil2conf from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the secil2conf package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove secilc

Uninstall secil2conf and all its dependencies

To uninstall secil2conf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove secilc

Remove secil2conf with all configurations and data

To remove secil2conf configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge secilc

Remove secil2conf completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to secil2conf package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secilc

Extra info and code examples

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. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security. The SELinux CIL Compiler is a compiler that converts the CIL language as described on the CIL design wiki into a kernel binary policy file.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install secil2conf using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the secil2conf from Ubuntu 22.04.

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