How To Install tpm2-openssl on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-openssl on Ubuntu 22.04. tpm2-openssl is OpenSSL 3 engine for tpm2-tss

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-openssl on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is tpm2-openssl

tpm2-openssl is:

With this engine for OpenSSL you can use OpenSSL library (version 3) and command line tools with any TPM2 implementation as backend for the crypto operations.

There are three methods to install tpm2-openssl 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 tpm2-openssl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tpm2-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tpm2-openssl

Install tpm2-openssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tpm2-openssl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tpm2-openssl

Install tpm2-openssl 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 tpm2-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tpm2-openssl

How To Uninstall tpm2-openssl on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the tpm2-openssl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tpm2-openssl

Uninstall tpm2-openssl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tpm2-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tpm2-openssl

Remove tpm2-openssl Configurations and Data

To remove tpm2-openssl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tpm2-openssl

Remove tpm2-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tpm2-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tpm2-openssl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-openssl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.