How To Install pesign on CentOS 8

pesign is Signing utility for UEFI binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pesign on CentOS 8.

What is `pesign`

This package contains the pesign utility for signing UEFI binaries as well as other associated tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install pesign on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pesign.

Install pesign on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install pesign

Install pesign on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install pesign using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pesign

How To Uninstall pesign on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pesign

pesign Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/pesign/groups
/etc/pesign/users
/etc/pki/pesign
/etc/pki/pesign-rh-test
/etc/pki/pesign-rh-test/cert8.db
/etc/pki/pesign-rh-test/key3.db
/etc/pki/pesign-rh-test/secmod.db
/etc/pki/pesign/cert8.db
/etc/pki/pesign/key3.db
/etc/pki/pesign/secmod.db
/etc/popt.d/pesign.popt
/usr/bin/authvar
/usr/bin/efikeygen
/usr/bin/efisiglist
/usr/bin/pesigcheck
/usr/bin/pesign
/usr/bin/pesign-client
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/733e5d82c478ca8bd602c32d6bd74200756ca7
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/8851f989c0ece06f34b6bad4675eb3eba5efae
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/51d65229a0da8f08057598d61a919e263feb95
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/670ea1d775c8e2bedd13defc2683df91b5909f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/61137b0807ae4214ef14e6f08bf2e1a2baf79b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/143b7944eb789e2b979df45dec0e247e7064ef
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/pesign.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/pesign.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/pesign.py
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.pesign
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pesign.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pesign.conf
/usr/libexec/pesign
/usr/libexec/pesign/pesign-authorize
/usr/share/doc/pesign
/usr/share/doc/pesign/README
/usr/share/doc/pesign/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/pesign
/usr/share/licenses/pesign/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/authvar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/efikeygen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/efisiglist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pesigcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pesign-client.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pesign.1.gz
/var/run/pesign
/var/run/pesign/pesign.pid
/var/run/pesign/socket

References

pesign website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pesign on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.