---
name: "selinux-policy-upgrade"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "selinux-basics"
version: "0.6.0"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/selinux-policy-upgrade"
---

# selinux-policy-upgrade(8)

upgrade the modules in the SE Linux policy database from a policy package

## NAME

selinux-policy-upgrade - upgrade the modules in the SE Linux policy database from a policy package

## SYNOPSIS

**selinux-policy-upgrade**

## DESCRIPTION

**selinux-policy-upgrade** this command will upgrade all policy modules (including the base modules) for to the versions that are under /usr/share/selinux/SELINUXTYPE

## SEE ALSO

[**selinux**(8)](/selinux/8.md), **[sestatus(8)](/sestatus/8.md),** [**selinuxenabled**(1)](/selinuxenabled/1.md), **[load\_policy(8)](/load_policy/8.md),** **[semodule(8)](/semodule/8.md),** **[postfix-nochroot(8)](/postfix-nochroot/8.md),** **[check-selinux-installation(8)](/check-selinux-installation/8.md),** **[selinux-config-enforcing(8)](/selinux-config-enforcing/8.md),** http://wiki.debian.org/SELinux - More about SELinux Debian install, http://etbe.coker.com.au/tag/selinux/ - Russell's SE Linux blog posts.

## AUTHOR

This program and it's man page was written by Russell Coker \<russell@coker.com.au\> for the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.