How To Install tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-tss.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. tpm2-tss.x86_64 is TPM2.0 Software Stack

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `tpm2-tss.x86_64`

tpm2-tss is a software stack supporting Trusted Platform Module(TPM) 2.0 system APIs. It sits between TPM driver and applications, providing TPM2.0 specified APIs for applications to access TPM module through kernel TPM drivers.

We can use yum to install tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tpm2-tss.x86_64.

Install tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tpm2-tss.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tpm2-tss.x86_64

How To Uninstall tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the tpm2-tss.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove tpm2-tss.x86_64

tpm2-tss.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libsapi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsapi.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtcti-device.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtcti-device.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtcti-socket.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtcti-socket.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss-1.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss-1.3.0/LICENSE

References

tpm2-tss.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-tss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.