How To Install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 on CentOS 8

swtpm-tools-pkcs11 is Tools for creating a local CA based on a TPM pkcs11 device

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 on CentOS 8.

What is swtpm-tools-pkcs11

Tools for creating a local CA based on a pkcs11 device

We can use yum or dnf to install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install swtpm-tools-pkcs11.

Install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 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 swtpm-tools-pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install swtpm-tools-pkcs11

Install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 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 swtpm-tools-pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install swtpm-tools-pkcs11

How To Uninstall swtpm-tools-pkcs11 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the swtpm-tools-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove swtpm-tools-pkcs11

swtpm-tools-pkcs11 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/man/man8/swtpm-create-tpmca.8.gz
/usr/share/swtpm/swtpm-create-tpmca

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install swtpm-tools-pkcs11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.