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libselinux-devel


Information about the package, libselinux-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libselinux-devel package is designed for, Header files and libraries used to build SELinux.


Package Name:

libselinux-devel

Summary:

Header files and libraries used to build SELinux

Description:

The libselinux-devel package contains the libraries and header files needed for developing SELinux applications.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.0.94

Release:

7.el6

Size:

159 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

Public Domain



Handy Yum Commands for libselinux-devel


Control the libselinux-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libselinux-devel

This command will install libselinux-devel on the server.

yum remove libselinux-devel

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

yum -y remove libselinux-devel

This command will un-install libselinux-devel 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 libselinux-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update libselinux-devel

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

yum -y update libselinux-devel

This command will update libselinux-devel 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 libselinux-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info libselinux-devel

This command will show you core information about the libselinux-devel package.

yum deplist libselinux-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libselinux-devel. 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 libselinux-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libselinux-devel. 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.