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```bash
git clone https://github.com/opencontainers/runc.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc
make BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp"
make EXTRA_BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp"

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make EXTRA_BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp"
make RUNC_BUILDTAGS="selinux"

runc default already includes seccomp

sudo cp runc /usr/bin/runc
```

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```bash
git clone https://github.com/containers/podman/
cd podman
make BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp" PREFIX=/usr
make EXTRA_BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp" PREFIX=/usr
sudo env PATH=$PATH make install PREFIX=/usr
```

#### Build Tags

Otherwise, if you do not want to build Podman with seccomp or selinux support you can add `BUILDTAGS=""` when running make.
If you want to build Podman and auto-detect tags, omit the `BUILDTAGS` option when running make.

```bash
make BUILDTAGS=""
make
sudo make install
```

Podman supports optional build tags for compiling support of various features.
To add build tags to the make option the `BUILDTAGS` variable must be set, for example:

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I think you want

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To add build tags to the make option the `BUILDTAGS` variable must be set, for example:
To add build tags while keeping auto-detected defaults, set EXTRA_BUILDTAGS, for example:


```bash
make BUILDTAGS='seccomp apparmor'
make EXTRA_BUILDTAGS='seccomp apparmor'
```

If you are building on RHEL8 you'll need to build without btrfs support due to [it being removed](https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/considerations_in_adopting_rhel_8/file-systems-and-storage_considerations-in-adopting-rhel-8#btrfs-has-been-removed_file-systems-and-storage):
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