Ansible playbook fails with libselinux-python aren't installed on RHEL8

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running an Ansible playbook against an RHEL8 system, it throws the error below even after the python3-libselinux. package has been installed

    Aborting, target uses selinux but python bindings (libselinux-python) aren't installed!".
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Ansible Engine 2.8+

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