How To Install trousers on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers on Debian 9. trousers is open-source TCG Software Stack (daemon)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers on Debian 9.

What is trousers

trousers is:

TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group’s Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of your TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform’s software state using cryptographic hashes and more.

TrouSerS aims to be compliant with the 1.1b and 1.2 TSS specifications available from the Trusted Computing Group website at http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/.

There are three methods to install trousers on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install trousers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trousers

Install trousers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install trousers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install trousers

Install trousers 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install trousers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trousers

How To Uninstall trousers on Debian 9

To uninstall only the trousers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trousers

Uninstall trousers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall trousers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trousers

Remove trousers Configurations and Data

To remove trousers configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trousers

Remove trousers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trousers

Dependencies

trousers have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.