How To Install swtpm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is swtpm
swtpm is:
The swtpm package provides TPM emulators that listen for TPM commands on sockets, character devices, or CUSE devices.
There are three methods to install swtpm
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install swtpm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swtpm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swtpm
Install swtpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swtpm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swtpm
Install swtpm Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install swtpm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swtpm
How To Uninstall swtpm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the swtpm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swtpm
Uninstall swtpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swtpm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swtpm
Remove swtpm Configurations and Data
To remove swtpm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swtpm
Remove swtpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swtpm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swtpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.