Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8.
What is snapd-selinux
This package provides the SELinux policy module to ensure snapd runs properly under an environment with SELinux enabled.
We can use yum or dnf to install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install snapd-selinux.
Install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install snapd-selinux using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install snapd-selinux
Install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install snapd-selinux using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install snapd-selinux
How To Uninstall snapd-selinux on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the snapd-selinux package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove snapd-selinux
snapd-selinux Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/snapd-selinux
/usr/share/doc/snapd-selinux/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/snapd-selinux
/usr/share/licenses/snapd-selinux/COPYING
/usr/share/selinux/devel/include/contrib/snappy.if
/usr/share/selinux/packages/snappy.pp.bz2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd-selinux on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
