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setools


Information about the package, setools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The setools package is designed for, Policy analysis tools for SELinux.


Package Name:

setools

Summary:

Policy analysis tools for SELinux

Description:

SETools is a collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries designed to facilitate SELinux policy analysis. This meta-package depends upon the main packages necessary to run SETools.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.3.7

Release:

4.el6

Size:

11 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for setools


Control the setools package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install setools

This command will install setools on the server.

yum remove setools

This command will un-install setools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove setools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove setools

This command will un-install setools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove setools when using the -y flag.

yum update setools

This command will update setools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove setools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update setools

This command will update setools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove setools when using the -y flag.

yum info setools

This command will show you core information about the setools package.

yum deplist setools

This command will show you the dependencies for setools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update setools

This command will check if there is an update waiting on setools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.