How To Install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8. swtpm-libs is Private libraries for swtpm TPM emulators

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is swtpm-libs

A private library with callback functions for libtpms based swtpm TPM emulator

We can use yum or dnf to install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install swtpm-libs.

Install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install swtpm-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install swtpm-libs

Install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install swtpm-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install swtpm-libs

How To Uninstall swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the swtpm-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove swtpm-libs

swtpm-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/b0fbc1c22f28a4604523fada76f35423fd1d1b
/usr/lib64/swtpm
/usr/lib64/swtpm/libswtpm_libtpms.so.0
/usr/lib64/swtpm/libswtpm_libtpms.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/swtpm-libs
/usr/share/doc/swtpm-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/swtpm-libs
/usr/share/licenses/swtpm-libs/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.